darlin here s a photograph of my old high school class no i ain t been back in quite a while see there that s emma lou the one i gave my heart to but there s a story you can t see behind her smile it was gonna last forever we were gonna see the world so i guess you re curious just what became of her well she s still there in oklahoma and she s still seventeen she s livin with her mama workin at the dairy queen and she s still standin on the front porch with red ribbon in her hair the rest of us have scattered everywhere but she s still there everett went to omaha he majored in business law jill s in arkansas with husband number two that s her best friend jolene she joined up with the marines i hear billy green s on a beach in malibu yes and emma would be happy if she could only see us now because we re livin out the lives that she only dreamed about cause she s still there in oklahoma and she s still seventeen she s livin with her mama workin at the dairy queen and she s still standin on the front porch with red ribbon in her hair the rest of us have scattered everywhere but she s still there lord i know i ll never see her with silver in her hair i know she s really gone but in my heart i d swear  that she s still there in oklahoma and she s still seventeen she s livin with her mama workin at the dairy queen and she s still standin on the front porch with red ribbon in her hair the rest of us have scattered everywhere but she s still there emma s still there