Greed and loss.

[Verse 1]
I had fields by the mile
And silver in my hand
I took the best of every year
And left the rest to sand

The rent man came at morning
With my name upon his tongue
I called it only business
But the harm was being done

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the lamp burns low
And the bed is cold
I hear the years I wasted
In the house of gold

[Chorus]
I die rich, die alone
I die rich, die alone
No chair left warm for me

I sold my soul for land
I lost my home by greed
I die rich, die alone

[Verse 2]
My wife would sit at table
With her eyes turned far away
My daughters learned my silence
And they carried it away

They knew the touch of sorrow
Before they knew my face
I gave them bread and coldness
And called it wealth and grace

[Pre-Chorus]
Now the lamp burns low
And the bed is cold
I hear the years I wasted
In the house of gold

[Chorus]
I die rich, die alone
I die rich, die alone
No chair left warm for me

I sold my soul for land
I lost my home by greed
I die rich, die alone

[Bridge]
If I could walk backwards
Through the ash and rain
I would knock on every cottage
I would ease the load and pain

I would sit with my own blood
I would speak before too late
For a heart can fill a manor
And still starve behind the gate

[Chorus]
I die rich, die alone
I die rich, die alone
No chair left warm for me

I sold my soul for land
I lost my home by greed
I die rich, die alone

[Outro]
Take warning from my breathing
From this fever in my chest
Gold can build a taller coffin
But it cannot buy you rest

I die rich, die alone
I die rich, die alone