They found her shoes down by the water/neatly set upon the pebbles by the shore/ now she's gone down the river/ washed away like and apple blossom in the breeze/ she was tall/ just like her mother/ in a family of fourteen she was the youngest daughter/ corn silk hair/ dark as a raven/ she could stop the talk in any room she came in/(Chorus)/ and a life of loss/ is all his life had been/ but he loved that dark haired girl though the bottle owned him/ that night they fought/ and he stormed away/ they found his truck half in the water the next day/some are born to fortune/ and some are born to fame/ but some are born to tragedy and pain/ and love is treasure/ but treasure costs/ and even the tallest trees go bare in the autumn frost/(Chorus)/ She wore a dress/ of the finest linen/ she tied her hair upon her head with a piece of ribbon/ and  she closed the door/ then she walked the path/ running her fingers through the tall grass she walked past/(Chorus)