(With Merle Haggard and Emily Gimble)
If again you were just mine
The sun for me would always shine
Though fate has ruled that we must part
You're still the keeper of my heart
Each night while down upon my knees
I pray that you'll remember me
And when we're many miles apart
You'll be the keeper of my heart
All alone without your love
I've asked our Keeper up above
To guide your footsteps back to me
Without you life's no good you see
The treasured memories that burn
I keep and I will always yearn
All the love that once was part
Of the keeper of my heart