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 that state line   No-one could stop her   She's made up her mind   He was eighteen,an 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?"   An 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?"      An she said she was   And never thoguht twice   'Bout takin' the next step in building their lives   Soon there were three and she tried to   Everything to us   An she was      Those preious moments turned into years   In what seemed like a blink of an eye   I held he rhand as I leaned down to ask her   "Momma,are you ready to say goodbye?"      An 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   An she was (She was)      If there ever was a picture of love   She was