Jackie Greene - 1961 lyrics

He loved her back in 1961 He held her through the night Till the dark was done But he's been gone now for several years Left her nothing but a letter to catch the tears He might not know it but she had his son Back in 1961 She raised the baby And off to school he went She had help from the neighbors Along from the government She tells herself that she did her best Through out all the trials, they had been blessed But she still longs to have her fun Like in 1961, oh He wakes up on a lonely stretch of road And driving rigs for a living Truckin' a heavy load His thoughts drift back to another time And a woman that he treated so unkind And wonders just what her life's become Since 1961 He lays there now upon his dying bed Memories of lifetime's in his head The nurse comes back, she says to him "You have a visitor, should I let him in?" And in walks a face that could only be his son From 1961, oh, from 1961, yeah, 1961, oh yeah I'm comin' home, oh, 1961, oh Yeah