Not for Money or Love - Kim Richey

I was a young man the day that I drowned

I was married with one on the way

And I worked for the mine like the rest of the town

The rest with no need but to stay

What might have been, never was

Not for money or love

What might have been, never was

Now the Muskingum River runs muddy and wide

Like it did on that September day

I was born in the winter on the McConnelsville side

Across the bridge now, in Malta I lay

What might have been, never was

Not for money or love

What might have been, never was

By the luck of the draw, more lucky than some

I made it home from the war

Back to the river and the place where I’m from

Across the water to the beautiful shore

What might have been, never was

Not for money or love

What might have been, never was