[Verse 1]
You were young, I was scared
There was not much we could do
Mama left Daddy 'cause he got drunk
And hit right in front of me and you
He blamed it on a four day bender in Tunica
When he drew a face card on the flop
He kept the Queens, put his faith on fifth street
Bet blind and lost the pot

[Chorus]
We lived in separate houses
Divided by the river
They called us half-bloods
But we were whole in our eyes
I'd meet you on your side of the middle
On your darkest of nights
Just to prove that time ain't left no space
Between your heart and mine

[Verse 2]
Two months passed and Mama came back
With papers and a plan to move
Says she wasn't gonna leave this town
Until she left with you
There I stood in the carport crying
Confused by all of it
Watching y'all's taillight fade toward Dallas
Convinced I'd caused all this

[Chorus]
We lived in separate houses
Divided by the river
They called us half-bloods
But we were whole in our eyes
I'd meet you on your side of the middle
On your darkest of nights
Just to prove that time ain't left no space
Between your heart and mine

[Verse 3]
Daddy spiraled when Mama got a ring
From a man who told her to forget me
I guess you caused him problems
'Cause she cut you loose at seventeen
We let the house go in the auction
We left all we knew behind
And found some folks that share the same blood
That flows within your heart and mine

[Chorus]
We lived in separate houses
Divided by the river
They called us half-bloods
But we were whole in our eyes
I'd meet you on your side of the middle
On your darkest of nights
Just to prove that time ain't left no space
Between your heart and mine
Just to prove that time ain't left no space
Between your heart and mine