Hello Fay I'm glad you called I know it's been a long while Since I held your soft young body close to me And I've laid awake so many nights and thought about your warm smile But Fay you know there's lots of miles Between Las Vegas and the hills of Tennessee And Fay I lied to you a little bit out there in Vegas Because I'm several years ahead of 32 And I said things that lead you to believe I had no family And it's killing me to tell you that I've got a son that's almost old as you There's 19 years and 1800 miles between us Fay I could whip the miles in two days driving time There's 19 years and 1800 miles between us Fay But it's not the miles that's bothering my mind It's not the miles that's bothering my mind You're 21 and I'm 2 score and full of vim and vigor I can rise and shine with each new morning sun But come twenty years I know I'm going to be a tired old sixty You'll still be young and pretty and Reaching for your prime at forty-one And when I'm sitting in the shade and thinking of retirement Your young body will be restless with desire We'll go to bed and I'll turn my back and sadly whisper goodnight And grieve myself to death to know that I'm not man enough to quench my woman's fire There's 19 years and 1800 miles between us Fay I could whip the miles in two days driving time But the 19 years won't disappear so thanks for calling Fay I'd rather lose your love than lose my mind I'd rather lose your love than lose my mind