Rebecca Lynn

Album: Bryan White (1995)
Play Video
  • Rebecca Lynn grew up in Carolina
    Half a mile from Tucker Cherry's farm
    A quiet girl with green eyes full of fire
    Her daddy's pride and all her mama's charm
    Rebecca Lynn became my heart's desire
    Long about the start of second grade
    Mrs. Roosenbloom let me sit beside her
    So we'd pass notes and after school we'd play

    [Chorus]
    Singing ring around the rosie
    Pocket full of dreams and posies
    Patty cake and baker's man
    Tag your it, kick the can

    And I think I hear my mama calling
    Gotta go
    Man I loved her so

    High school days with me and Becky learning what it really means to be in love
    Give and take, holding back for Heaven's sake
    And fighting for a week and making up
    I said please Becky won't you marry me
    Prom night in my car out by the curb
    She was so surprised, first she laughed and then she cried
    And somewhere in my heart I'm sure I heard

    [Chorus]

    Mama flashed the porch light for me
    Gotta go
    Man I loved her so

    When love is wrong it dies and that's the way it goes
    But when it's right, your love grows

    Laura Jean was born in Tennessee
    Now that's a common little miracle I know.
    But for me and Becky Lynn she's the dream that started
    When we fell in love so many years ago

    [Chorus]

    And I think I hear your mama calling
    Gotta go
    Oh man I loved you so Writer/s: DONALD EWING II, DONALD SAMPSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, WRITE! ON MUSIC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Karen from Manchester, NhThis song is lyrically perfect. It touches me absolutely every time I hear it. It is also one of the very, very few times my husband has told me that I "have" to hear a song, after he heard it for the first time!
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG's, Blues Brothers)

Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MG's, Blues Brothers)Songwriter Interviews

Steve Cropper on the making of "In the Midnight Hour," the chicken-wire scene in The Blues Brothers, and his 2021 album, Fire It Up.

Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde

Johnette Napolitano of Concrete BlondeSongwriter Interviews

The singer/bassist for Concrete Blonde talks about how her songs come from clairvoyance, and takes us through the making of their hit "Joey."

Part of Their World: The Stories and Songs of 13 Disney Princesses

Part of Their World: The Stories and Songs of 13 Disney PrincessesSong Writing

From "Some Day My Prince Will Come" to "Let It Go" - how Disney princess songs (and the women who sing them) have evolved.

Gavin Rossdale On Lyric Inspirations and Bush's Album The Kingdom

Gavin Rossdale On Lyric Inspirations and Bush's Album The KingdomSongwriter Interviews

The Bush frontman on where he finds inspiration for lyrics, if his "machine head" is a guitar tuner, and the stories behind songs from the album The Kingdom.

Classic Metal

Classic MetalFact or Fiction

Ozzy, Guns N' Roses, Judas Priest and even Michael Bolton show up in this Classic Metal quiz.

Timothy B. Schmit

Timothy B. SchmitSongwriter Interviews

The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.