Dairy Queen

He was just a kid

Barely seventeen

He was the best lookin' thing you'd ever seen

Got his old car runnin'

He picked her up one night

Went flying down the highway

With half a tank and one headlight

Told her she was pretty

Told her that he cared

Told her all the things

That a young girl wants to hear

She gave him a kiss

Gave her his high school ring

They professed their love

In front of the Dairy Queen

Graduation came

Life has to move along

Daddy sent her off to college

And he volunteered for 'Nam

She wed a doctor

And moved to Austin

He came home a hero

With a medal in a coffin

She talks to God sometimes

Pray his soul to save

Calls his mama Christmas

Sends flowers to his grave

She keeps his memory

Close to her heart

She has his ring

In an old money jar

She has no regrets

Loves her old man and kids

But there's a part of her

That belonged to him

And sometimes she gets sad

And she daydreams

She hops in her car

And goes to Dairy Queen