Thats The Time
She grew up in Illinois
She fell in love with a local boy
She headed out of east Moline
For the mountains she'd never seen

Said goodbye to Ma and Pa
Who were headed down to Arkansas
Gonna meet a real cowboy someday
And that's the time she went away

All in all, we're all long gone
Like a river that roared its lonely call
Through the dark and cold winter nights
The sun will rise
Down the long, long road
I'll be coming home

She crossed that river deep and wide
When she reached the other side
She felt the freedom she didn't know
Now her nights were dark and cold
Back home he prayed to the Lord above
That he would always be in love
She couldn't feel his warmth from miles away
And that's the time, she did stray

He knew he best be moving on
For that fair love of his was gone
And time don't wait for any man
Although some days, he'd go back again

Her brother took on the family farm
Never meaning any harm
The bottle never was his friend
And that's the time, he met his end