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i remember her when she was shining bright

  deep in her dark eyes there shone a dancing light

  she always used to say that she was not the marrying kind

  until she met the man who changed her mind

he was beautiful and lord, he was strong

knew where he was going, rising like the sun

and he believed in her and listened to her thoughts

and long into the evening they would talk

seemed like we just blinked our eyes and - she slipped away

 this woman full of fire and wonder - only yesterday

 there ain't no doubt she's happy, ain't nothing really wrong

 but the dancing light inside her eyes is gone

he got the job he wanted, she left hers behind

she said she had no future there - she didn't mind

in another city she began a brand new life

loving the man and learning to be a wife

we still get a letter from time to time

she writes about the baby, not what's on her mind

i guess she's got her reasons, it ain't for me to say

but it makes me sad to lose a friend that way