(sam tate/annie tate) The farm was still standing at the end of the road And the mailbox still carried our name In spite of the dust and the weeds and the dust The old place looked almost the same The screen door was slamming real slow in the wind Like it did Like someone applauding the end of a dream That no one could seem to remember When she came around from the side of the house She looked likde the day we first met And before i could speak she was there in my arms Sayin?something i She said, i knew you My heart told me so Men like you search every corner on earth When there It was hard to believe he was 71 The way that he still got around His station was still full service, by gosh
And he I stood in the door and saw nothin?had changed That stubborn old son-of-a-gun Not the clock on the wall not the soda machine Or the sign that said, "miller & son" He said, i knew you My heart told me so Men like you search every corner on earth When there The roof needed mending and the walls needed paint But the stained gla** still gave them a glow I couldn So i turned and i started to go Then i heard a voice from the back of the room That would make any sinner believe And the words that he spoke they went right to my soul And brought me right down to my knees She said, i knew you My heart told me so Men like you search every corner on earth When there