BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM
(Mickey Cates)

Alabama - 1992
Claire Lynch - 1993
Tanya Tucker - 1995
Foster & Allen - 1998


They married back in thirt-two
They were young and love was new
And every day the feeling grew
Between the two of them

When work grew scarce and times got bad
The hope would chase away the sad
And hope was sometimes all they had
Between the two of them

The forties came and the fifties went
And the mortgage note replaced the rent
They made the most of each day spent
Between the two of them

Their children all turned out just fine
So he retired in sixty-nine
And left with oh so little time
Between the two of them

Today I braved the graveyard rain
And placed a rose between their names
Now that's the most that ever came
Between the two of them

And though I miss them oh so much
His crooked smile, her gentle touch
And the pleasure of just growing up
Between the two of them


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Variation as recorded by Foster & Allen:


They married back in forty-two
They were young and love was new
And every day that feeling grew
Between the two of them

When work grew scarce and times got bad
The hope would chase away the sad
And hope was sometimes all they had
Between the two of them

The fifties came and the sixties went
A mortgage now replaced the rent
And they made the most of each day spent
Between the two of them

The children all turned out just fine
Then he retired in eighty-nine
Left with oh so little time
Between the two of them

Today I braved the graveyard rain
And placed a rose between their names
And that's the most that ever came
Between the two of them

Though I miss them both so much
His crooked smile, her gentle touch
And the pleasures of just growing up
Between the two of them

And though I miss them both so much
His crooked smile, her gentle touch
And the pleasures of just growing up
Between the two of them