I remember her when she was shining bright  Deep in her dark eyes there shone a dancing light  She always used to say that she was not the marrying kind  Until she met the man who changed her mind  He was beautiful and Lord he was strong  Knew where he was going, rising like the sun  And he believed in her and listened to her thoughts  And long into the evening they would talk.  CHORUS:  Seemed like we just blinked our eys and she slipped away  This woman full of fire and wonder only yesterday  There ain't no doubt she's happy, ain't nothing really wrong  But the dancing light inside her eyes is gone.  He got the job he wanted, she left hers behind  She said she had no future there, she didn't mind.  In another city she began a brand new life  Loving the man and learning to be a wife  We still get a letter from time to time  She writes about the baby, not what's on her mind.  I guess she's got her reasons, it ain't for me to say  But it makes me sad to lose a friend that way.  CHORUS  ...But the dancing light inside her eyes--  It's hard sometimes just to survive--  Oh the dancing light is gone.