Story Behind The Song

I've seen and been in mismatched relationships

Song Description

Older fellow marries the younger girl, and the love is great. But everyone needs to go through life's stages, and she has totally different needs and expectations from his. The marriage fails because she understands the futility--that the problems canno

Lyrics

The summer is gone and the weather's turned cold,

and I've noticed the signs of a man growin' old...

Lotsa gray hair and wrinkles and a might-slower pace,

but it always was spring, with your sweet cowgirl face.



You said that you loved me, but didn't belong,

with me, singin' the chorus, you, a verse of the song...

that the love was all right, but the timin' was wrong,

and you knew it was time to be movin' along.



Chorus: Well, I'll cry for a while, like a forsaken child,

and ride empty nights, with the man in the moon,

see your face in the clouds, over each lonely mile,

but I know I'll get over you soon.



Well, I shoulda known that a rangy ol' bull

don't belong with no heifer, that's fresh outa school.

You were thinkin' of babies; I was thinkin' a friend,

to love and be with me, clear through to the end.



But love, with bad timin's, turned out just a curse.

While I sang the chorus, you were on the first verse.

And though you made vows for the better or worse,

I can see you were right. It was wrong, from the first.



Chorus: Well, I'll cry for a while, like a forsaken child,

and ride empty nights, with the man in the moon,

see your face in the clouds, over each lonely mile,

but I know I'll get over you soon.