If You Get There Before I Do

<br>I read a note my grandma wrote back in 1923<br>Grandpa kept it in his coat and he showed it once to me<br>He said boy you might not understand <br>But a long, long time ago<br>Grandma`s daddy didn`t like me none <br>But I love your grandma so<br><br>We had this crazy plan to meet<br>And run away together<br>Get married in the first town we came to and live forever<br>But nailed to the tree where we were supposed to meet instead<br>I found this letter <br>And this is what it said<br><br>If you get there before I do <br>Don`t give up on me <br>I`ll meet you when my chores are through<br>I don`t know how long I`ll be<br>But I`m not gonna let you down<br>Darling wait and see<br>And between now and then �til I see you again<br>I`ll be loving you, love me<br><br>I read those words just hours before my grandma past away<br>In the door way of a church<br>Where me and grandpa stopped to pray<br>I know I`d never seen him cry in all my 15 years<br>But as he said these words to her<br>His eyes filled up with tears<br><br>If you get there before I do <br>Don`t give up on me <br>I`ll meet you when my chores are through<br>I don`t know how long I`ll be<br>But I`m not gonna let you down<br>Darling wait and see<br>And between now and then �til I see you again<br>I`ll be loving you, love me<br>Between now and then �til I see you again<br>I`ll be loving you, love me