Suds in the Bucket

Album: Restless (2004)
Charted: 33
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  • She was in the back yard
    Say it was a little past nine
    When her prince pulled up
    A white pick-up truck
    Her folks should a seen it comin'
    It was only just a matter of time
    Plenty old enough
    And you can't stop love
    She stuck a note on the screen door
    Sorry but I got to go
    And that was all she wrote
    Her Mama's heart was broke
    And that was all she wrote
    And so the story goes

    Now her Daddy's in the kitchen
    Starin' out the window
    Scratchin' and a rackin' his brains
    How can 18 years just up and walk away
    Our little pony tailed girl
    Growed up to be a woman
    Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
    She left the suds in the bucket
    And the clothes hangin' out on the line

    Now don't you wonder what the preacher's
    Gonna preach about Sunday morn
    Nothing quite like this
    Has happened here before
    Well he must of been looker
    A smooth talkin' son of a gun
    For such a grounded girl
    To just up and run
    Of course you can't fence time
    And you can't stop love

    Now all the biddies in the beauty shop
    Gossip goin' non-stop
    Sippin' on pink lemonade
    How could 18 years just up and walk away
    Our little pony tailed girl
    Growed up to be a woman
    Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
    She left the suds in the bucket
    And the clothes hangin' out on the line

    Yee Hooo

    She's got her pretty little bare feet
    Hangin' out the window
    And they're headed up to Vegas tonight
    How could 18 years just up and walk away
    Our little pony tailed girl
    Growed up to be a woman
    Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
    She left the suds in the bucket
    And the clothes hangin' out on the line
    She left the suds in the bucket
    And the clothes hangin' out on the line

    She was in the backyard
    Say it was a little past nine
    When her prince pulled up
    A white pick-up truck
    Plenty old enough
    And you can't stop love
    And no you can't fence time
    And you can't stop love Writer/s: Billy Montana, Tammy Wagoner
    Publisher: MIKE CURB MUSIC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Joann Doud from New YorkI want to know who all the actors are in the Suds video. Are they family and friends of Sara Evans? That hunky dude she's dancing with near the end of the video must be her husband. Yes?
  • Staley from Dallas, TxI love this song, and I always thought of it as an unofficial sequel to "Born to Fly." Seeing that it was written in response to a "pitch sheet" for Sara Evans strengthens that idea. Now she needs another song continuing the story. Taylor Swift's "Mine" could kind of fit the bill, except the father in "Suds" doesn't sound like the one described in "Mine."
  • Chet from Buffalo, NyOn Billboard in U.S., to #1 Country, #33 POP
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