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JAMES AND I WE SETTLED THIS PLACE, IT MUST BE TWENTY YEARS GONE BY

JUST KIDS WE WERE, WITH OUR WHOLE LIVES OUT FRONT
WE NEVER THOUGHT HOW TIME WOULD FLY

IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, ABBY WAS BORN, SHE WAS HER DADDY'S JOY AND PRIDE

THROUGH THE WORK AND THE SEASONS THEY WERE CONSTANT COMPANIONS
EACH DAY THEY'D SING AND THEY'D RIDE

NOW THE LIGHT IN THRU THE WINDOW TELLS ME AUTUMN'S ON ITS WAY

A FRESHNESS ON THE BREEZE SAYS IT'S DUE MOST ANY DAY

THE DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER AND THE SUN SEEMS SLOW TO RISE

THE TURNING OF THE SEASONS IN OUR LIVES WE CAN'T DENY

GOOD HORSES, FAT COWS AND MILES OF GRASS,
SOME LUCK AND A WHOLE LOT OF SWEAT

FIVE KIDS ON THE GROUND AND A HOUSE MADE OF JOY
WE PROVED UP AND GOT FAR OUT OF DEBT

BUT WHEN ABBY WENT MISSING WE ALL SEARCHED FOR MONTHS,
JAMES, HE SWORE HE COULD STILL HEAR HER VOICE

WHEN THE GRIEF FINALLY TOOK HIM, I DUG HIS GRAVE
AND WE PRESSED ON HERE WITH NO OTHER CHOICE

NOW THE LIGHT IN THRU THE WINDOW TELLS ME AUTUMN'S ON ITS WAY

A FRESHNESS ON THE BREEZE SAYS IT'S DUE MOST ANY DAY

THE DAYS ARE GETTING SHORTER AND THE SUN SEEMS SLOW TO RISE

I SEE THE QUESTION DANCING IN THE SHADOWS OF YOUR EYES

FIVE YEARS NOW WE BEEN OUT HERE ALONE
TILL YOU RODE IN HERE LAST SPRING

WE'D MADE OUT JUST FINE, AND PROSPERED TOO
NEVER THOUGHT WE WERE MISSING A THING

NOW I SEE THOSE BOYS NEED A MAN AND THEY TAKE TO YOUR HAND
LIKE THAT COLT THAT YOU STARTED LAST WEEK

YOU'RE RESPECTFUL AND KIND WITH A STRAIGHT THINKING MIND
AND I WONDER... IF YOU EVER THINK OF ME

THE LIGHT IN THRU THE WINDOW TELLS ME AUTUMN'S ON IT'S WAY

A FRESHNESS ON THE BREEZE SAYS IT'S DUE MOST ANY DAY

WOULD YOU STAY ON THRU THE WINTER KEEP THOSE CANYONS WINDS AT BY

IF THERE'S LOVE HERE IN THE SPRING TIME THEN THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY