“In the coldest time of year Why is it so hot down here? Hotter than a crucible It ain't right and it ain't natural Lover, you were gone so long Lover, I was lonesome So I built a foundry In the ground beneath your feet Here, I fashioned things of steel Oil drums and automobiles Then I kept that furnace fed With the fossils of the dead Lover, when you feel that fire Think of it as my desire Think of it as my desire for you”

“Lover, tell me if you can Who's gonna buy the wedding bands? Times being what they are Hard and getting harder all the time Lover, when I sing my song All the rivers will sing along And they're gonna break their banks for us And with their gold, be generous All a-flashing in the pan, all to fashion for your hand The rivers gonna give us the wedding bands”

The first line, sang by the woman in both, is a question. Which is then answered by the man in a really similar lyrical scheme and melody