'Twas in the year of '82
In the springtime of the year
I left my mother and a home so dear
All for that girl on the greenbriar shore
My mother, she says, "son, don't go
Don't leave me here alone

Don't leave your mother and a home so dear
Never trust a girl on the greenbriar shore. "
But I was young and reckless too
And I craved a reckless life
I left my mother and a home so dear

And I took that girl to be my wife
Her hair was dark and curly too
And her lovin' eyes were blue
Her cheeks were like the red red rose
That girl I loved from the greenbriar shore

The years rolled on and the months rolled by
She left me all alone
Now I remember what my momma said
"Never trust the girl on the greenbriar shore. "