In his eye was a little different than the one I'd had in mine
Well, my life might well have been pretty different
There's an old wood floor that's bowed up just about everywhere
And day I was in the house and I was lookin' back
There's a washing machine right outside the back door
She used to walk across the side yard, right by the well
And usually got my ass whipped for it
I thought the same thing but there was somethin' 'bout the look
It's a ringer washer, the kind they don't make anymore
There's an old rock, well, where we clean the squirrels
I don't know if you've ever heard rain on a tin roof or not
She didn't have but one dress and that's all she needed
That my daddy went back there and talked to her
She's built like a brick shit-house
By the back door because if you
‘Cause they was always tore up
He didn't act like she's so pretty anymore
When you could see the highway, it's not a leaf on the trees
Toward the back screen door and there she was
Even though I's the one that got hurt
And a little ole dried up garden and some woods way on the back
Sounds like hand grenades hittin' the tin roof all the time
Wanted to go outside you'd usually need it
Well, she was about eight or nine years older than I was when I first
And go stand by the crepe myrtle bush
But it's kinda tailor made for love
That's what I thought then
These days I understand, if I'd a known then what I know now
She'd usually stand there for about ten minutes
There was somethin' about the south and the air was a lot heavier
And it seems like the women sweat even when they're not
I used to sit out by that and watch the Carbor girl come down the road
The only thing different on this day is
And she was kinda following, almost runnin'
Standin' there for ten minutes
And told her she looked pretty
He acted like he didn't want to have anything to do with her
She had polish on her toenails that only went about halfway down
Everything's green most of the time except in winter
And I walked to the back door and I watched for a long time
Started school I knew there was somethin'
It was kinda red and kinda gray and kinda tore up and kinda perfect
And back then I wasn't sure what she wanted
And all I could see was trees after a time, I really couldn't see
There's a snake stick, that's what they called it anyway
I got my hand caught in it several times
It's a dark wood floor
And past the well and out into the green
They came back out and my daddy was walkin' way ahead of her
It's got a thin coat of white stuff on it even though
And he walked outside and they went past the crepe myrtle bush
And I was wondering why, why would you be so happy going in
There's a hickory nut tree that covers the whole roof
Now I think I get it
And so down coming out, I don't know
And look in the screen door
