Annie Ford

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I met Annie Ford out on the Great West road Soaking through and thumbing for a ride She sat there on her suitcase in her dancing dress I would've been a fool to pass her by [Chorus] And as we sped across the night We told our stories by the light Of the stars that lead us home Each time we strayed Me and Annie talked till dawn When we reached her old man's farm And I said so long; guess I'll be on my way [Verse 2] I started meeting Annie by the old sawmill Wasting time and drinking in the day Courting her was easy with her smile like that Loving her was easy in the night [Chorus] Well, me and Annie set a date And had a wedding in the spring Man, you should've heard that old church choir sing It didn't take us very long Till the baby came along Well we named him Tom and settled into life [Bridge] But one night death came around And Annie left without a sound [Verse 3] But the trouble with this life, is it doesn't last so long And your love can be divided overnight Now it's only me and Tom Now our wife and mother's gone And I told the Lord 'I just don't think it's right' Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh [Instrumental Outro]