i'd rather sleep in a box
like a bum on the street
tahn a fine fearther bed
without your little cold feet

i'd rather be deaf, dumb & stone blind
than to know
you're mornings will never be mine

i'd rather de die young
than to live without you
i'rather go hungry
than eat lonesome stew

it's once in a lifetime
and it won't come again
it's here and it's gone
on the magnolia wind

it's such a sad song
a song to sing
the love of a life time
the once in a life time
blowin' away
knowin' the end
lost in the nighttime
of the magnolia wind