She was in the back yard   They say it was a little past nine   When her pulled up - a white pick-up truck   Her folks should of seen it comin'   It was only just a matter of time   Plenty old enough - and you can't stop love   She stuck a note on the screen door, "Sorry but I got to go"   That was all she wrote - her mama's heart was broke   That was all she wrote - so the story goes      Now her daddy's in the kitchen   Starin' out the window   Scratching and a rackin' his brains   How can eighteen years just up and walk away   Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman   Now she's gone in the blink of an eye   She left the suds in the bucket   And the clothes hangin' out on the line      Now don't you wonder about what the preacher's gonna preach about Sunday morn   Nothin' quite like this - has happened here before   Well, he must of been a looker   A smooth talkin' son of a gun   For such a grounded girl - to just up and run   Course you can't fence time - and you can't stop love      Now all the biddys in the beauty shop gossip goin' non-stop   Sippin' on pink lemonade   How could eighteen years just up and walk away   Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman   Now she's gone in the blink of an eye   She left the suds in the bucket   And the clothes hangin' out on the line      She's got her pretty little bare feet hangin' out the window   And they're headin' up to Vegas tonight   How could eighteen years just up and walk away   Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman   Now she's gone in the blink of an eye   She left the suds in the bucket   And the clothes hangin' out on the line      She left the suds in the bucket   And the clothes hangin' out on the line      She was in the back yard   They say it was a little past nine   When her pulled up - a white pick-up truck   Plenty old enough - and you can't stop love   No you can't fence time - and you can't stop love