In A Country Song

Billy Redd, he lived outside of town

Said hello from time to time

And I wondered if it brought him down

How the years can lose their shine

What I knew he never finished school

Driving home on ‘65

Helping out his Dad and Mama, too

He was with ‘em when they died

They said, “Son, you’ve got to go.”

He said, “Maybe you should know.”

My Maria, Lord, is doing fine

On a hill above strawberry wine

In time, you might just take the girl

And you may think that I’ve had enough

But I ‘ain't going down ‘til the sun comes up

My love, I’m right where I belong

In a country song

Billy married, had a couple kids

And one went off to war

But the others helped to bury him

When they brought him back to shore

I said, “Hell, it ain’t the way.”

As he bowed his head and prayed

My Maria, Lord, is doing fine

On a hill above strawberry wine

In time, you might just take the girl

And you may think that I’ve had enough

But I ‘ain't going down ‘til the sun comes up

My love, I’m right where I belong

In a country song

And when she passed, I saw him cry

He wiped away his last goodbye

And when his friends had gone away

I’d like to think I heard him say

My Maria, Lord, is doing fine

On a hill above strawberry wine

In time, you finally got the girl

And you may think that I’ve had enough

But I ‘ain't going down ‘til the sun comes up

My love, I’m right where I belong

In a country song

My love, you won’t be lonely long

In a country song