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[Verse 1]
D Em7
We didn't meet at no bar, we didn't meet at church
G D A
Just passed on the street in the dead of winter
D Em7
She dropped her purse and I picked it up
G D A
Stunned by her beauty, I said can I buy you dinner
D Em7
She said im not that kinda girl
G D A
and from the looks of you you aint no winner
D Em7
Too close to spring I headed back to daddy's farm
G D A
I got at least 8 months to work on my charm
[Chorus]
D A Em Em7 D
Here at the depot in Greer, just waiting on my train
D A Em Em7 D A
Cash crops out of the field, planting dont start til early spring
D A Em Em7 D
But if I could make her my own, how the angels would sing
D A Em Em7 D A
going back to Mobile once more, to try and give her my ring
D A Em7 D
I'm just a poor farmer son its all I've ever been
D A Em7 D
I cant leave til the end of fall or the crops wont come back again
D A Em Em7 D
but every winter I head out of Carolina to give another try
D A Em Em7 D A
to win the love of the girl that day just happened to catch my eye
[Verse 2]
D Em7
8 months later I saw her, but she didnt see me
G D A
renewing her license at the DMV
D Em7
I dropped my papers in a faked type of rush
G D A
she picked em up and looked at me kinda flushed
D Em7
she said I saw you before but I dont remember
G D A
I said I picked up your purse in the dead of winter
D Em7
She pretended not to hear as she headed for the door
G D A
I pretended not to watch as she swept across the floor
[Chorus]
D A Em Em7 D
Here at the depot in Greer, just waiting on my train
D A Em Em7 D A
Cash crops out of the field, planting dont start til early spring
D A Em Em7 D
But if I could make her my own, how the angels would sing
D A Em Em7 D A
going back to Mobile once more, to try and give her my ring
[Verse 3]
D Em7
When the last bushel came in and the corn was plowed under
G D A
My old truck roared to the depot like the afternoon thunder
D Em7
This time I bought a one way, I'm not coming back without her
G D A
Daddy's land might have to wait to the weddings over
D Em7
I asked with the locals where she is, if they'd seen her
G D A
An old lady on the street stopped and said she remembered
D Em7
She saw in the paper not two weeks ago
G D A
An 18 wheeler from Chicago with a company logo
D Em7
blew through the red light and hit her car broadside
G D A
on the way to Providence Hospital in the ambulance she died
[Outro]
D Em7
I spent too long trying to bring the crops in
G D A
now I dont have no reason to go back there again