well it s a long hot night and the stars are shining kinda extra bright sitting on the back porch gliding whetting my appetite well i m a six pack high and start missing the light of my baby s eyes wasn t it beautiful the kind of a soul they said would never die well it s muggy in the shack and the backwoods are black cause the clouds hid the moon away the light from my cigarette flickers in the dark the only way she knows i m here then suddenly the sounds of the fiddles and accordions sweetly begin to play and i can almost hear her sweet voice say come on joe just count to ten pull yourself together again and come on joe you gotta get hold of this mood you re in come on joe you gotta be strong you re still young and life goes on to carry on till we re together again hey i know she s right but it s hard to fight when you re hurting so i tried to walk out of that door before but i just can t go with the tears and the laughter in every rafter in every room wasn t it beautiful wasn t it the kind of happiness and glow come on joe hey come on joe to carry on till we re together again