Collin Raye - If You Get There Before I Do lyrics

back in 1923

grandpa kept it in his coat

and he showed it once to me

he said boy you might not understand

but a long long time ago

grandmas daddy didn't like me none

but i loved your grandma so

we had this crazy plan to meet and run away together

get married in the first town we came to and live forever

but nailed to the tree where we were suppose to meet instead

i found this letter and this is what it said:

if you get there before i do

don't give up on me

i'll meet you when my chores are through

i don't know how long i'll be

but i'm not gonna let you down

darling wait and see

and between now and then

until i see you again

i'll be lovin' you

love, me

i read those words just hours before my grandma passed away

in the doorway of the church where me and gandpa stopped to pray

i know i've never seen him cry

in all me fifteen years

but as he read these words to her

his eyes filled up with tears

if you get there before i do

don't give up on me

i'll meet you when my chores are through

i don't know how long i'll be

but i'm not gonna let you down

darling wait and see

and between now and then

until i see you again

i'll be lovin' you

love, me

and between now and then

until i see you again

i'll be lovin' you

love, me