My daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969   He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind   So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train   And I remember waving back at you from a silted window pane      And I said,?Fare thee well true love of mine?   And I said, ?Fare thee well sweet lips of wine?   And you said, ?Fare thee well my Texas rose?   And then you blew a kiss of innocence   As the trains began to roll, so long ago      You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school   And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came to bloom   And I married for my family, one night I dreamed of you   And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue      And I said,?Fare thee well true love of mine?   And I said, ?Fare thee well sweet lips of wine?   And you said, ?Fare thee well my Texas rose?   And then you blew a kiss of innocence   As the trains began to roll, so long ago      Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time   I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69   Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live alone   So I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold      And I said,?Fare thee well true love of mine?   And I said, ?Fare thee well sweet lips of wine?   And you said, ?Fare thee well my Texas rose?   And then you blew a kiss of innocence   As the trains began to roll, so long ago      Where did we go?   That long ago, so long ago