There’s a ridge out back where the pines stand tall
Where the creek runs slow and the whippoorwills call
Sometimes I sit with the evenin’ still
And think ’bout a girl I always will
Brown hair blowin’ in the mountain wind
Eyes that laughed like summer rain
Lord she lit up every room she’d walk in
And a man like me ain’t been the same
Years roll by like a river’s curl
But I still see the face of that one girl
Yeah that one girl Lord she shined so bright
Like a porch light burnin’ in the mountain night
Tough as oak and sweet as spring
With a laugh that made them church bells ring
Sometimes I swear it was all a dream
But if it was it was the finest I’ve seen
And if I only get one in this whole wide world
Thank God it was that one girl
She never seemed to age a day
While the rest of us wore our years away
Still got that fire still got that spark
Still got the light in a tired man’s dark
Funny as hell and strong as stone
The kind of heart you don’t outgrow
Every soul that crossed her way
Walked off better that very day
Truth is plain as this coal dust swirl
I never deserved that one girl
Yeah that one girl Lord she shined so bright
Like a porch light burnin’ in the mountain night
Tough as oak and warm as sun
The kind of love you only get one
Sometimes I swear it was all a dream
But if it was it was the finest I’ve seen
And if I only get one in this whole wide world
Thank God it was that one girl
I was stubborn and dumb and restless then
Thought the road was my best friend
Left a good thing standin’ there
Too blind to know what I had to care
But I hope she’s smilin’ somewhere tonight
Under a sky lit by the full moonlight
‘Cause a heart like hers was heaven sent
And Lord I hope it’s well content
Yeah that one girl she’s on my mind
Every sunrise and quittin’ time
Sweet as honey strong as steel
The truest love I’ll ever feel
Sometimes it feels like a dream unfurled
But I thank the Lord for that one girl
And wherever life has took that pearl
I pray she’s happy that one girl
Yeah not a day
Not a night
She don’t cross my mind
That one girl
Lord that one girl
“That One Girl” is track number 3 on the Thumper Barrel album, Stump Water.
Track: That One Girl
Album: Stump Water
ISRC: QZTAW2631102
ASCAP: 935304105