[Verse 1]
             
she was in the

             
 backyard, say

              
 it was a litt

        
le past nine
             
when her princ

         
e pulled up
              
a white pickup

 
 truck

her folks should have seen it comin'
             
it was only ju

              
st a matter of

 
 time
              
plenty old eno


ugh
              
and you can't 

      
stop love
              
she stuck a no

              
te on the scre

             
en door, "sorr

              
y but I got to

 
 go"
              
and that was a

             
ll she wrote, 

              
her mama's hea

       
rt was broke
              
and that was a

             
ll she wrote a

              
nd so the stor

  
y goes

[Pre-chorus]
            
now her daddy'

              
s in the kitch

    
en starin' out

 the window
             
a scratchin' a

              
nd a rackin' h

    
is brains

[Chorus]
            
how could eigh

              
teen years jus

             
t up and walk 

  
away
            
our little pon

              
ytailed girl g

     
rown up to be 

a woman
             
now she's gone

              
 in a blink of

     
 an eye
              
she left the s

              
uds in the buc

             
ket and the cl

              
othes hangin' 

           
out on the lin

e

[Verse 2]
             
now don't you 

              
wonder what th

              
e preacher's g

             
onna preach ab

           
out Sunday mor

n
              
nothin' quite 

             
like this has 

              
happened here 

  
before
              
well, he must 

              
have been a lo

             
oker, a smooth

              
 talkin' son o

    
f a gun
              
for such a gro

             
unded girl to 

            
just up and ru

n
              
cause you can'

             
t fence time a

              
nd you can't s

    
top love

[Pre-chorus]
            
Now all the bi

              
ddy's in the b

            
eauty shop, go

ssip goin' non

stop
             
sippin' on pin

      
k lemonade

[Chorus]
            
how could eigh

              
teen years jus

             
t up and walk 

 
away
            
Our little pon

              
y-tailed girl 

      
grown up to be

 a woman
             
Now she's gone

              
 in a blink of

     
 an eye
             
She left the s

uds in the buc

ket
             
And the clothe

              
s hangin' out 

       
on the line

[Pre-chorus]
              
She's got her 

            
pretty little 

          
bare feet hang

in' out the wi

ndow
             
And they're he

              
adin' up to Ve

      
gas tonight

[Chorus]
            
How could 18 y

             
ears just up a

         
nd walk away
            
Our little pon

              
y-tailed girl 

      
grown up to be

 a woman
             
Now she's gone

              
 in a blink of

     
 an eye
             
She left the s

uds in the buc

ket
             
And the clothe

              
s hangin' out 

        
on the line

[Ending]

             
she was in the

             
 backyard, say

              
 it was a litt

        
le past nine
             
when her princ

         
e pulled up
              
a white pickup

 
 truck

her folks should have seen it comin'
             
it was only ju

              
st a matter of

 
 time
              
plenty old eno


ugh
              
and you can't 

      
stop love