There Never Was a Time

There was a time we'd sit in the backyard

'Cause the house would get so hot

From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin'

And you'd play your old guitar

We'd fight mosquitos and enjoy

Your backyard concert for we had no television

We'd just begun our life

As man and wife, and hardships then

Could scarcely scare us into quittin'

Things were far from bein' fine

We often dined upon a dime

But there never was a time we didn't love

And that Christmas brought our saddest day

When your pride gave way as you told the kids

There'd be no gifts 'cause we were broke

And though their little tears of grief

Was so hard to see, it didn't hurt me

Like the lump I knew was in your throat

It was then with arms entwined

We both broke down and cried

For it seemed like nothin' good would ever come

The doctor bills we couldn't pay

They came and took our car away

But there never was a time we didn't love

Now there's an easy chair for my back

A satin pillow for my head

And the kids are wild about their brand new cars

Dad and I can order steak

With all the trimmin's and not worry

If we've spent a dollar more than we can spare

No wonder in our prayers

We thank the man upstairs who led us through

The years of rearin' kids and payin' bills

And I think he guided us

Not because we were smart but just because

There never was a time we didn't love

No there never was a time

Never was a time

There never was a time we didn't love

No there never was a time

Never was a time

There never was a time we didn't love