You met her at the bank when you were paying your bills She was a nervous little girl with golden curls You took her on a date somewhere uptown When you dropped her off she said see you around
Ooh, it took a few years cutting the walls down Yeah, cause nothing comes easy in a one church town
You settled out of town in a highway house You used the money that they gave her when they bought her out She went back to school to get a degree You got a job welding pot for the army
Then a paper that your father signed years ago Turned a little man’s dream into a money hole If you didn’t know then daddy now you know Some men don’t mind making other men poor
Ooh, run daddy run, you got a kid on the way Yeah, don’t give up now, cause nothing comes easy in a one church town
Two kids in the yard and another on the way She’s sitting by her mother’s side begging her to stay There was talk that you shoulda sued the chemical plant But there wasn’t no price that could bring her back
And you just keep living through the good and the bad Well there ain’t no dream that was bigger than that
Ooh, we all learn so hard that life must prevail Ooh, don’t give up now, cause nothing comes easy in a one church town Ooh, don’t give up now, cause nothing lives down in a one church town