love at 90 miles an hour

it was a dusty july morning

she was headed into town

me and bob were stringing barbwire and digging holes in the ground

i thought i'd seen an angel when she rolled her window down

and when i heard heaven calling boys

i didn't stand around

she was the ranchers only daughter and her mama's little girl

but i had me 14 dollars so i promised her the world

she said i caught her eye the day her daddy hired me on

she dropped the hammer on that mustang

like a bullet we were gone

love at 90 miles an hour's a little hard to understand

she was almost an angel

i was almost a man

she didn't hear her conscience and i didn't have a clue

love at 90 miles an hour's all we had to hang on to

next morning at the bar j

another dusty july day

bob met me at the barn door with my bedroll and my pay

her daddy crossed the backyard

lord i thought he had a gun

she had to drag me in that mustang cause i was too scared to run

love at 90 miles an hour's a little hard to understand

she was almost an angel

i was almost a man

she didn't hear her conscience and i didn't have a clue

love at 90 miles an hour's all we had to hang on to

well it took a couple years for the dust to settle down

but now we're raising us a family on the other side of town

someday we'll buy some cattle and a bigger piece of land

but when our daughter learns to drive we're gonna fire the hired hand

love at 90 miles an hour's a little hard to understand

she was almost an angel

i was almost a man

she didn't hear her conscience and i didn't have a clue

love at 90 miles an hour's all we had to hang on to