It was late in September  
I was feelin' lonely and free  
In those hot Texas winds  
I headed on back to Tennessee  
On the night that I left  
You told me you couldn't come with me  
And I ain't gonna ask you to tell me what I wanna hear  
To tell me what I wanna hear  
Well  
I headed on back and I found that familiar place  
But I still couldn't get your memory off of my mind  
So I called you up late that night and I told you  
I loved you then and I love you now and I wanna love you forever  
Wanna love you forever  
Well  
I told you I loved you then and I love you now  
And I wanna love you forever  
You told me you needed time and you needed space  
And you needed to do the things that you wanted to do  
You wanted to do