Hello darlin' nice to see you it's been a long time

You're just as lovely as you used to be

How's your new love are you happy hope you're doing fine
Just to know this means so much to me

What's that darlin' how'm I doing guess I'm doing all right

Except I can't sleep and I cry all night till dawn

What I'm trying to say is I love you and I miss you

And I'm so sorry that I did you wrong

Seems like only yesterday we fell in love just barely old enough to be sincere

Back then I thought I loved you all I could

But I've grown to love you more through the years
Through the years I've had you to keep me happy

Hand in hand we face tomorrow with no fear

Side by side we've walked the road of life together

And each step has grown us closer through the years

Well I woke up this morning when the cold Chicago wind

Blew my newspaper blanket off my back

Through my dirty broken window the grey sun filtered in
As I dreamed about the Southbound railroad track

I could almost hear the crickets in a sleepy cottonfield

As daddy drove our vagon to Virgin

But today I'd give a fortune for a twenty five cent meal

And I wish I was a country boy again

She grew up in the backwood country found her dreams in movie magazines

Now she's gone looking for her castle what chance is there for a poor boy like me
City lights oh you took my darling and the love that she promised me

After wine and big city parties what chance is there for a poor boy like me

Sold my house to Raverend Smith last Sunday left my farm with Abraham McGee