Well they married early like young lovers do he worked two jobs

And put her through school

He gave his last dollar she got her degree

And after all his sacrificed she still had the nerve to leave

Now there's a quarter moon in a ten cent town yeah she's moving up

And he's going down she's on the high road and he's alone

He's been drinking and she's been gone

She left her heart open got swept off of her feet by a man

With all the finer things and a lot of money

She broke the news and broke his heart

And loaded up her car she headed off to dallas

And he headed off to the bar

Now it's a quarter til noon

In a ten cent town yeah she's moving up

And he's going down

She's on the high road and he's alone

He's been drinking and she's been gone

You know sometimes when a heart gets broke with a little time

It can heal oh but when the scars are a little too deep

Sometimes a broken heart can kill

He had whiskey on his last breath all them years

Were just too hard his last words were bury me

Out in the back yard and time also found her regretting

What she'd done and she thought of him in her old life

And she headed back home

Now it's a quarter til noon

In a ten cent town and she pulls up

As they lower him down

And she cries oh no when she sees the headstone

Now she's been drinking and he's been gone