She Was Lyrics - Chesnutt Mark

She started her new life ten dollars in debt 

That's all it took to get started back then 

A trip to the courthouse across that state line 

No-one could stop her 

She's made up her mind 

He was eighteen,an she wasn't 

But she said she was 

And never thought twice 

And came back home as my daddy's wife 

She just shook her head when her mama said: 

"Are you sure he's the one?" 

An she was 

He took a job and farmed on the side 

He made the ends meet,but she kept'em tied 

Changes were comin' to their little world 

She said "What would you like? 

"A boy or a girl? 

And he said,"Are you?" 

An she said she was 

And never thoguht twice 

'Bout takin' the next step in building their lives 

Soon there were three and she tried to 

Everything to us 

An she was 

Those preious moments turned into years 

In what seemed like a blink of an eye 

I held he rhand as I leaned down to ask her 

"Momma,are you ready to say goodbye?" 

An she said she was 

But she thought twice 

Holdin' my hand as she let go of life 

Daddy always said a woman like her 

Would be hard to give up 

An she was (She was) 

If there ever was a picture of love 

She was