Julie
She's the tiger in a goat pen in this sleepy Southern town
I've surely loved her with devotion since I was only ten
Her passing horse kicks red dust clouds as she rides him slowly down
From the mountains 'bove this valley where we've lived since way back when
She turns the horse toward me and she approaches with a smile
She speaks my name in greeting then she pauses as if in thought
And tells me that she weds tomorrow then lets it rest awhile
Then she softly tells me that all along it was me she sought
Chorus
She said,"You could have had me
Any time and any place
It was just you I could see
Through these tears upon my face
Your shyness has brought sorrow
And we missed what might have been
I wed upon the morrow
And these thoughts must be a sin,"
The mountains crowd around me now and I look for some way out
Her name was Julie and it seems to echo throughout these hills
Young men leave our settled ways to see what this life's all about
In search of laughter and romance and along the way some thrills
And I should join the search for something better that might follow
I'm driven for a better life and for things I've never known
But Julie echoes through the hills and she lives in that hollow
And nothing more is said of that and I've nothing of my own
Chorus
She said,"You could have had me
Any time and any place
It was just you I could see
Through these tears upon my face
Your shyness has brought sorrow
And we missed what might have been
I wed upon the morrow
And these thoughts must be a sin,"
October 4, 2016
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