She started her 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 made up her mind He was 18 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 them 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 and 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 Mommy, 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