On the back side of Dallas, in the dingy bar On a wornout stool she sits And her trembling hand thumbles for another Kingsize filter cigarette She blows
I want to tell you all the story 'Bout a Harper Valley widowed wife Who had a teenage daughter Who attended Harper Valley Junior High Well, her daughter
They say you've found somebody new But that won't stop my loving you I just can't let you walk away Forget the love I have for you Yes, I could find
A change of heart would ben' mine eventually a changin' of mind Be consider and you will find a change of heart would bein' mine Please realize it's
I was raised in the middle of the cotton belt, babe But I ain't gonna stay I'll lose my shape fast draggin' cotton sacks And eatin' butter beans everyday
Wintertime comes early to the north part of this state I walk along the river where we used to come and skate The trees're now all gone and by the river
If I never love again I won't feel cheated You gave me more than I knew how to use From the day we met my journey was completed Even though my autum years
New York is a long way from Texas Vegas is a long way from Abilene I spend lots of my time flyin' out to L.A. And if you've never been there You don't
I had a love he was mine said he'd love me all the time I was sure our love was pure if love can be Then one morning without warning truth came calling
Edna Burgoo wore a shoe size No 10 When the roll was called that fall and class was ready to begin She was five feet nine and showin' signs of growin'
When my lips get kissed it's just from force of habit For a long long time I've known what's going on His pretending hasn't fooled me for a minute And
Oh, the games people, now every night and every day now Never meanin' what they say, now, never sayin' what they mean Oh, they wile away the hours in
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah When you see a little baby sittin' on his mama's lap Well, it's just the beginnin' of a thing called
The class reunion invitation was delivered to me today It brought back burning memories of a happy yesterday I went to my cedar chest got down on my knees
You ask me if we can live together Marriage doesn't fit your way of life And you say that you'll be with me forever Well if that's true, please make me
Children go run and jump and play you'll be men and women some day Then you'll have to leave your world of make believe now children Young carefree children
Papa worked but his cheque was small Mama sewed just to help us all And our old house sure needed paint And when it rained, the roof would leak Well
Sometimes I wish you were a fine feathered fowl And sometimes I wish I was a cat out on her midnight growl So if you were a bird you would sing from a
