SHE STARTED
HER NEW LIFE
TEN DOLLARS IN DEBT
AND 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
AND SHE WASN'T
BUT SHE SAID SHE WAS
AND NEVER
THOUGHT TWICE
AND 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
AND FARMED ON THE SIDE
HE MADE THE ENDS MEET
BUT SHE KEPT 'EM TIGHT
CHANGES WERE COMIN'
TO THEIR LITTLE WORLD
SHE SAID
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
A BOY OR A GIRL
AND HE SAID ARE YOU
AND SHE SAID SHE WAS
AND NEVER
THOUGHT TWICE
'BOUT TAKIN'
THE NEXT STEP
IN BUILDIN' THEIR LIVES
SOON THERE WERE THREE
AND SHE TRIED TO BE
EVERYTHING TO US
AND SHE WAS
THOSE PRECIOUS
MOMENTS
TURNED INTO YEARS
IN WHAT SEEMED LIKE
THE BLINK OF AN EYE
I HELD HER HAND
AS I LEANED DOWN
TO ASK HER
MAMA ARE YOU READY
TO SAY GOODBYE
AND 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
AND SHE WAS
IF THERE EVER WAS
A PICTURE OF LOVE
SHE WAS