She was in the backyard
Say it was a little past nine
When her prince pulled up
A white pickup truck
Her folks shoulda
seen it comin'
It was only
just a matter of time
A-plenty old enough
And you can't stop love
She stuck a note
on the screen door
Sorry but I got to go
And that was all she wrote
Her Mama's heart was broke
And that was all she wrote
And so the story goes
Now her Daddy's in the
kitchen starin' out the window
Scratchin' and a
rackin' his brain
How could 18 years
just up and walk away
Our little pony-tailed girl
growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone
in a blink of an eye
She left the
suds in the bucket
And the clothes
hangin' out on the line
Now don't you
wonder what the preacher's
gonna preach about
Sunday mornin'
Nothin' quite like this
has happened here before
Well he must have
been a looker
A smooth talkin'
son of a gun
For such a grounded girl
to just up and run
Of course you can't fence time
And you can't stop love
Now all the Betty's
in the beauty shop
Gossip goin' non-stop
Sippin' on pink lemonade
How could 18 years
just up and walk away
Our little pony-tailed girl
growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone
in a blink of an eye
She left the
suds in the bucket
And the clothes
hangin' out on the line
Yee hoo
She's got her pretty little bare
feet hangin' out the window
And they're headin'
up to Vegas tonight
How could 18 years
just up and walk away
Our little pony-tailed girl
growed up to be a woman
Now she's gone
in a blink of an eye
She left the
suds in the bucket
And the clothes
hangin' out on the line
She left the
suds in the bucket
And the clothes
hangin' out on the line
She was in the backyard
Say it was a little past nine
When her prince pulled up
A white pickup truck
A-plenty old enough
And you can't stop love
No you can't fence time
And you can't stop love
