Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ctlizyrd 

Cover art for Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago lyrics by Lee Ann Womack

When you are older, you understand what it is to look back across the vast gulf of the past - your past - and have to accept that what's gone, is gone. I've rarely heard a song nails this feeling quite like this one.

Lee Ann sings with a sad recognition that somehow, 20 years have gone by and with it her youth, innocence, and beauty (putting her makeup on). She's made mistakes, but doesn't make excuses for them: "That's just the way it is..."

Indeed...

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