[Intro] [Verse 1] Dellah was a pretty young lady With the sweetest personality Six days a week at the Dairy Freeze With tips, she could make ends meet [Verse 2] Bobbie was a trimsaw man At the local hardwood mill He and Dellah started dating in high school And they were together still [First Bridge] But Bobbie had a growing addiction To alcohol and little white pills [Chorus] Dellah and Bobbie you're drifting Like a ship that's been lost at sea You can't take love for granted Even if you know... it's meant to be [Verse 3] Sonny was the son of a preacher So he became a preacher too His whole life was God and religion Judging what you shouldn't do [Verse 4] One night when Bobbie was drinkin Dellah couldn't take any more She grabbed her things, took off her ring Left Bobbie passed out on the floor [Second bridge] She didn't know where she was headed But she knew she had to get away [Verse 5] There was a light still on at the parsonage Sonny might still be awake He'd be able to help her He'd know the right words to say [Verse 6] They talked late into the morning What happened next they didn't plan Despite hellfire and damnation A preacher is still just a man [Chorus] Dellah and Bobbie you're driftin Like a ship that's been lost at sea You can't take your love for granted Even if it was meant to be [Verse 7] Well Dellah and Bobbie re-committed Was only right with a child on the way They both know it ain't gonna be easy But they're takin it day by day [Verse 8] Dellah's still keepin her secret If she can and the good Lord wills Sonny traded in his bible and preachin For a bottle and little white pills [Chorus] Dellah and Bobbie you're driftin But you'll make it if you only believe You can't take any love for granted... Even if... it wasn't meant to be [Outro]
