Suds in the Bucket

She was in the backyard, say it was a little past nine
 When her prince pulled up a white pickup truck
 Her folks should've seen it coming, it was only just a matter of time
 Plenty old enough and you can't stop love
 She stuck a note on the screen door, "Sorry, but I got to go"
 And that was all she wrote, her mama's heart was broke
 And that was all she wrote, so the story goes
 Now her daddy's in the kitchen, staring out the window
 Scratching and a racking his brains
 How could 18 years just up and walk away?
 Our little pony-tailed girl grown up to be a woman
 Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
 She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hanging out on the line
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 Now don't you wonder what the preacher's gonna preach about Sunday morn'?
 Nothing quite like this has happened here before
 Well, he must have been a looker, smooth talking son of a gun
 For such a grounded girl to just up and run
 'Cause you can't fence time, and you can't stop love
 Now all the biddy's in the beauty shop gossip going non-stop
 Sipping on pink lemonade
 How could 18 years just up and walk away?
 Our little pony-tailed girl grown up to be a woman
 Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
 She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hanging out on the line
 Yoo-hoo!
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 She's got her pretty little bare feet hanging out the window
 And they're heading up to Vegas tonight
 How could 18 years just up and walk away?
 Our little pony-tailed girl grown up to be a woman
 Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
 She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hanging out on the line
 She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hanging out on the line
 She was in the backyard, say it was a little past nine
 When her prince pulled up a white pickup truck
 Plenty old enough and you can't stop love
 And no, you can't fence time, and you can't stop love