There was a time we'd sit in the backyard
Cause the house would get so hot
From the summer sun
There was no way of sleeping
And you'd play your old guitar
We'd fight mosquitos
And enjoyed your backyard concerts
For we had no television
We'd just begun our life
As man and wife
And hard ships then
Could scaresly scare us into quitting
Things were far from being fine
We often dined upon a dime
There never was a time we didn't love
The Christmas brought us saddest days
When your pride gave a way
You told the kids
There'd be no gifts cause we were broke
Though their little tears of grief
Was so hard to see
It didn't hurt me
Like the love I knew was in your throat
It was then with arms entwined
We both broke down and cried
For it seemed like nothing good would ever come
The doctor bills we couldn't pay
They came and took our car away
There never was a time we didn't love
Now there's an easy chair for my back
And satin pillows for your head
And the kids are wild about the brand new cars
You and I can order steak
With all the trimmings and not worry
If we've spent a dollar more
Than we could spare
No wonder in your prayers
We've thanked the man upstairs
Who led us through the years
Of raging kids and paying bills
And I think he guied us
Not because we were smart
But just because
There never was a time we didn't love
There never was a time
Never was a time
Never was a time we didn't love
Never was a time
Never was a time
Never was a time we didn't love