way back home where the cyprass grew in a clapboard shack on the black bayou lived a women and a man that i called mom and dad and times were hard and times were tough we barely had nothin but we didn t need much except for the love a women and a man and daddy worked his fingers to the bone but i know my momma was the reason he was strong everybody knows if the cold wind blows the seeds dont sprout and the crops won t grow even though you ve done the best you can and when youre livin in a house that you dont own and the money in the bank is almost gone the only thing in life i know that stands is the love between a women and a man well i grew up workin like my daddy did broke the land with my hands and the money rolled in but it wasn t enough and i did not understand noo you see the only thing that matters that money can t buy and when it gets right down to the bottom line it s the love you find between a women and a man everything daddy said was true cause my life was not complete until i found you everybody knows if the cold wind blows the seeds dont sprout and the crops won t grow even though you ve done the best you can and when youre livin in a house that you dont own and the money in the bank is almost gone the only thing in life i know that stands is the love between a women and a man everybody knows if the cold wind blows the seeds dont sprout and the crops won t grow even though you ve done the best you can and when youre livin in a house that you dont own and the money in the bank is almost gone the only thing in life i know that stands is the love between a women and a man only thing in life that stands is the love between a women and a man