When I was a boy Four houses down from me Was a family with an only child She was the only girl In this whole world that can make me smile I made up reasons to go Somewhere inside of me There was something she took a liking to Well, I ask her to marry me She said she really wanted to See what life's gonna hold Her momma wants to know Am I washed in the blood or just in the water? Her daddy wants to know If I make enough to take his daughter Before he could let her go And now down the street from here There's an engineer with an only son And our baby girl says She believes that he is the only one Her momma wants to know Is he washed in the blood or just in the water? And I wanna know That he makes enough to take my daughter When it comes time to go You know I wanna help her go Down, down, down that road Down, down, down that road