He was 25 she was 28

He was homegrown country, she'd just pulled off the interstate

She bought a Dr. Pepper, ten dollars worth of gas

She was Obviously lost but too afraid to ask directions

So he offered her a smile and a stick of beech nut gum

He said where are you headed to girl, where are you coming from

She said

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New Orleans but that's another story

New Orleans that's another time

That's another town, that's another life

First she stayed a day then she stayed a week

Couple of months later they were living on his parents street

He worked the station and she worked the store

And then they had a baby

And then they had one more little Jesse

When she dropped the kids off at the mothers day out

All the ladies had their questions

And knew not to ask about

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Wednesday night supper at the first Baptist Church

Stranger standing in the door way

As they're passing out the dessert

He said go on pack your bags

Cause I'm here to take you home

I'm going back to Louisiana

And woman I ain't gonna go without you

There's a few defining moments in every persons life

When you know what you've done wrong

And you know what you've done right

And before the congregation and her husband and her kids

She says "how dare you even speak to me

After everything you did"... in

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