She started her
New life
Ten dollars in debt
An' that's all it
Took
To get started
Back then
A trip to the
Courthouse
Across the State
Line
No one could
Stop her
She'd made up
Her mind
He was eighteen
An' she wasn't
But she said
She was
An' never thought
Twice
An' came back home
As my daddy's wife
She just shook
Her head
When her mama
Said are you sure
He's the one
She was
He took a job
An' farmed on
The side
He made the
Ends meet
But she kept 'em
Tied
Changes were comin'
To their little world
She said what
Would you like
A boy or a girl
An' he said are
You
And she said
She was
An' never thought
Twice
' Bout takin' the
Next step
An' buildin' their
Lives
Soon there were
Three
An' she tried to be
Everything to us
An' she was
Those precious
Moments
Turned into years
In what seemed
Like a blink
Of an eye
I held her hand
As I leaned down
To ask her
Mama are you
Ready to say
Good-bye
She said she was
But she thought
Twice
Holdin' my hand
As she let go
Of life
Daddy always said
A woman like her
Would be hard
To give up
An'
She was
If there ever was
A picture of love
She was