There was a time we'd sit in the backyard

'Cause the house would get so-o hot

From the summer sun there was no way of sleepin'

And you'd play your old guitar

We'd fight mosquitos and enjoy

Your backyard concert for we had no television



We'd just begun our life as man and wife

And hardships then

Could scaresely scare us into quittin'

Things were far from bein' fine

We often dined upon a dime

But there never was a time we didn't love



And that Christmas brought our saddest day

When your pride gave way as you told the kids

There'd be no gifts 'cause we were broke

And though their little tears of grief

Were so hard to see, it didn't hurt me

Like the lump I knew was in your throat



It was then with arms entwined

We both broke down and cried

For it seemed like nothin' good would ever come

The doctor bills we couldn't pay

They came and took our car away

But there never was a time we didn't love



Now there's an easy chair for my back

A satin pillo' for my head

And the kids are wild about their brand new cars

Dad and I can order steak

With all the trimmin's and not worry

If we've spent a dollar more than we can spare



No wonder in our prayers

We thank the man upstairs who led us through

The years of rearin' kids and payin' bills

And I think he guided us

Not because we were smart

But just because there never was a time we didn't love



No there never was a time, never was a time

There never was a time we didn't love

Oh there never was a time, never was a time

There never was a time we didn't love (fade)