Sweet Victoria

I met her on a Sunday morn

She was all dressed in white

Whispering like a summers night

I fell easy for her honest little smile

Oh, sweet Victoria

Couldn't shake her out of my mind

She fell in love with my sad eyes

We got married well before our time

But oh, how our love did grow

Oh, how our love did grow

Never was a wealthy man

I worked my fingers down to the bone

Bought a house on the edge of town

One room with a little wood stove

Oh, sweet Victoria

I don't think she ever complained

She turned that small room into a home

The winter howled, but we kept each other warm

And oh, how our love did grow,

Oh, how our love did grow

The winter ran long into the spring

And took its toll on everything

My mind was a darkened hall

And poor Victoria, it wasn't her fault

I started drinking in double time

Trying to soothe my troubled mind

She got quiet, Victoria

So defeated by a stranger in me

And oh, how my faults did show

Oh, how my faults did show