Big Chance (Album Version)

Well, there's a boy down Shelby Gap

And I like sittin on his lap

I'm his gal and he's my man

We been makin weddin plans

Brought him home to meet my ma

She raised Cain and dropped her jaw

Girl, you're crazy as a bat, you ain't gonna marry that

Looka here mama, looka here daddy

This is my true love, we're gonna get married

Ain't a gonna hem-haw, ain't a gonna tarry

This is my big chance, we're gonna get married

Oh, mama, daddy, can't you see

Holler's closin in on me

Cousins pourin down like rain

They're runnin out of given names

It's so crowded I can't breathe

You need one less mouth to feed

Forty dozen here at home

You won't miss me when I'm gone

Looka here mama, looka here daddy

This is my true love, we're gonna get married

Ain't a gonna hem-haw, ain't a gonna tarry

This is my big chance, we're gonna get married

Oh, he's the prettiest in these hills

I don't hitch him, some gal will

You just messed up my big chance

For married bliss and true romance

Two things y'all don't realize

Shelby boys is mighty shy

And courtin life is extra hard

If I can't keep em in the yard

Oh, another one gone