When I was a boy

Four houses down from me

Was a family with an only child

She was the only girl

In this whole world that can make me smile

I made up reasons to go

Somewhere inside of me

There was something she took a liking to

Well, I ask her to marry me

She said she really wanted to

See what life′s gonna hold

Her momma wants to know

Am I washed in the blood or just in the water?

Her daddy wants to know

If I make enough to take his daughter

Before he could let her go

And now down the street from here

There's an engineer with an only son

And our baby girl says

She believes that he is the only one

Her momma wants to know

Is he washed in the blood or just in the water?

And I wanna know

That he makes enough to take my daughter

When it comes time to go

You know I wanna help her go

Down, down, down that road

Down, down, down that road