Story Behind The Song

up to the dying part, a true story of a friend's life

Song Description

life story of strong woman in hard times

Lyrics

I'm gonna tell you all a story
'bout a good friend of mine.
She got her humble beginnings
Back in baby boom time.
When the whole world had money
Her folks, they ain't had a dime.

But she wouldn't give up,
No she wouldn't give up
Unlike her daddy in the bottle,
Her only role model
She went straight to the top,
Selling houses off the lot.
Yeah, she raked in the cash
In the sea of big dreams,
She made a whale of a splash

Ten years later her man left her
For his high school flame.
He had a pack of greasy lawyers
Who took all they could gain,
Till they left her with nothing
But the children and her name.

But she wouldn't give up
No she wouldn't give up
Every day you'd hear her mutter:
"One way or another,
I'm gonna find me a man
To love who I am,
One that's giving and true."
At last they found each other
And finally saw what love could do.

When time came for dying,
He was the first to go.
But she wouldn't give up,
No she wouldn't give up.
No! She said, "I'll make it alone.
I'll meet you in the ever-after
When you come to take me home."