She Was

She started her new life ten dollars in debt

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?

And she was

He took a job and 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?

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 (She was)

If there ever was a picture of love

She was