Expert: Mel Priddle - 4/1/2008

Question
Mel, I grew up listening to country music in the 80's and remember a song that everyone else seems to have forgotten. It's a slow song sung by a woman or a group of women about a lady who waits her whole life for the man she loves to marry her, and when he's finally ready she doesn't want him anymore.I remember some of the lyrics, but know some are missing, and maybe in the wrong order:

She lives all alone in a house on the hill,
And she thinks that he'll marry, but he never will

You've given me nothing
But babies and lies

In his lonley mansion he longs for her still
And he thinks that she'll marry
But she never will.

Answer
Hello Shelley,

That's a song from 1986 called "She Thinks That She'll Marry" by Judy Rodman.

He keeps her in diamonds, he brightens her days.
He flies her, in style, to the cities he plays.
But she's not aware that in every town,
Others warm to his favours when she's not around.

He took her to Paris, he took her to Spain.
He took her for granted: wouldn't give her his name.
She lives all alone in a house on a hill.
An' thinks that she'll marry, but she never will.

He told her that someday, he'd make her his own.
They'd take a vacation together in Rome.
Then she spoke these words, though they tore her apart:
"I'm tired of you playing these games with my heart."

"Oh, I've given you the best years of my life,
"You've given nothin' but maybe some lies.
"I've lived all alone in a house on a hill.
"Thinkin' we'd marry, but we never will."

So time brought it's wisdom: now clearly she sees.
She's learned to be happy an' she loves bein' free.
That he longs to hold her an' make her his wife,
'Cause there was no happiness left in his life.

She lives all alone in a house on a hill.
With good friends an' good times, her life is filled.
In his lonely mansion, he longs for her still.
An' he thinks that she'll marry, but she never will.

No, she never will.


Glad to be of help. Cheers.......Mel.