Sweet Victoria

I met her on a Sunday morn She was all dressed in white Whispering like a summers night I fell easy for her honest little smile Oh, sweet Victoria Couldn't shake her out of my mind She fell in love with my sad eyes We got married well before our time But oh, how our love did grow Oh, how our love did grow Never was a wealthy man I worked my fingers down to the bone Bought a house on the edge of town One room with a little wood stove Oh, sweet Victoria I don't think she ever complained She turned that small room into a home The winter howled, but we kept each other warm And oh, how our love did grow, Oh, how our love did grow The winter ran long into the spring And took its toll on everything My mind was a darkened hall And poor Victoria, it wasn't her fault I started drinking in double time Trying to soothe my troubled mind She got quiet, Victoria So defeated by a stranger in me And oh, how my faults did show Oh, how my faults did show