Pardon my life, pardon my song   I hope you're not nervous, I'm not going to stay long   The one installment, I've made on your heart   Is not enough to cover what we're willin' to start      'Cause I'm a flat broke love   Lord I'm a flat broke love      I'm up or I'm down, never constant or sound   Empty my pockets full of grain   The friends that I've loved never feel I've been there   I've never left a grateful one      'Cause I'm a flat broke love   Well I'm a flat broke love   Yeah, I'm a flat broke love   Baby I'm a flat broke love      Oh 'cause I'm a flat broke love   Yeah, I'm a flat broke love   Well I'm a flat broke love   Lord I'm a flat broke love      I'll state you this claim, you've all played the game   You've all upset somebody's cart   I think you forgot, love needs more than one heart   Without it, it can't hold a true flame      'Cause it's a flat broke love   It's a flat broke love   Yeah it's a flat broke love   Hey it's a flat broke love      Well it's a flat broke love   Lord it's flat broke love   Flat broke love   Baby it's a flat broke love      It's a flat broke love   Flat broke love   Baby, she's a flat broke love   Oh, a flat broke love