back when i was eighteen
life gave me nothing but a sweet
sweet kiss
you give a man ten more years
you can see what it does to him
i took a bus to the great salt lake
and moved south to a city of sin
there was a dark
dark cloud hanging overhead
i met my baby in a checkout line
we were laughing the cashier's shoes
she asked me if i wasn't going nowhere
i'll go nowhere if it's going with you
we got married on a rainy sunday
i got nervous and lost my cool
there was a bright
bright cloud hanging over you
i hope my lover is pure
i show my very best
there's no good reason why the things i've got are the things i'm supposed to give
there was a bright
bright cloud hanging overhead
we bought a house in the downtown district
i was singing to pay the bills
you danced naked on our kitchen table
we were wild
young
and ready to live
i swore that you were the only girl
that i could ever be crazy for
yes i said love is just another word and i'll use for it
i hope my lover is pure
i show my very best
there's no good reason why the things i've got are the things i'm supposed to give
there was a dark
dark cloud hanging overhead
i woke up nine years later
to a woman that i don't even see
i buy her presents in the snowy season
we'll make love every other week
i call my parents on the weekends
that i've been drinking a bit too hard
now there's a dark
dark cloud hanging in my heart
i hope my lover is pure
i show my very best
there's no good reason why the things i've got are the things i'm supposed to give
there is a dark
dark cloud hanging overhead
there is a dark
dark cloud hanging overhead