She was in the backyard, say it was a little past nine
When her prince pulled up, a white pick-up truck
Her folks should of 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"
That was all she wrote, her mama's heart was broke
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-tail girl growed 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

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, a smooth talking son of a gun
For such a grounded girl to just up and run
'Cos you can't fence time and you can't stop love

Now all the biddies in the beauty shop gossip going on stop sipping on pink lemonade
How could 18 years just up'n and walk away?
Our little pony-tail girl growed 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

YEEEHOO!

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-tail 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 pick-up truck
Plenty old enough and you can't stop love
No, you can't fence time and you can't stop love