He was twenty-five she was twenty-eight
He was grown she'd just pulled off the interstate
She bought a small 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 you headed to where are you coming from
(She said)
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 months later they were living on his parents street
He worked the station she worked the store
And then they had a kid and
Then they had one more little jesse
When she dropped the kids off at mother's day out
All the ladies had their questions but they knew not to ask about
Wednesday night supper, first baptist church
Stranger standing in a door way as they're passing out desert
He said go on and pack your bags i'm here to take you home
I'm going back to louisana and woman
I ain't gonna go without you
There's a few defining moments in every person's life
When you know what