He loved her back in 1961

He held her through the night

Till the dark was done

But he's been gone now for several years

Left her nothing but a letter to catch the tears

He might not know it but she had his son

Back in 1961

She raised the baby

And off to school he went

She had help from the neighbors

Along from the government

She tells herself that she did her best

Through out all the trials, they had been blessed

But she still longs to have her fun

Like in 1961, oh

He wakes up on a lonely stretch of road

And driving rigs for a living

Truckin' a heavy load

His thoughts drift back to another time

And a woman that he treated so unkind

And wonders just what her life's become

Since 1961

He lays there now upon his dying bed

Memories of lifetime's in his head

The nurse comes back, she says to him