I lived with the decent folks
In the hills of old Vermont
Where what you do all day
Depends on what you want
And I took up with a woman there
Though I was still a kid
And I smile like the sun
To think of the lovin' that we did
She rose each morning and went to work
And she kept me with her pay
I was makin' love all night
And playin' guitar all day
And I got me apple cider and home made bread
To make a man say grace
And clean linens on my bed and a warm feet fireplace
Ohh, Yankee lady so good to me
Yankee lady just a memory
Yankee lady so good to me
Your memory that's enough for me
Autumn walk on a country road
And a million flaming trees
I was feeling uneasy, 'cause there was winter in the breeze
And she said, Oh baby look over there
The birds are southward bound
Oh baby I'm so afraid to lose the love that we found
Yeah, Yankee lady so go to me
Yankee lady just a memory
Yankee lady so good to me
Your memory that's enough for me
I don't know what come over me
But I know that I had to go
I left that Vermont town with a lift to Mexico
And now, and now when I see myself
I'm a stranger by my birth
And Yankee lady's memory
Reminds me of my word
Ohhh, Yankee lady so good to me
Yankee lady just a memory
Yankee lady so good to me
Your memory that's enough for me
