Lyrics

His name was Harry Herley,
He was invited to this town.
They told him make it pretty,
But instead he let ‘em down

The seat of Ellis County,
And it was 1894.
Mabel Frame from Waxahachie,
What’d you break his heart for?

She was beautiful and he loved her.
So he thought I’ll carve her likeness into stone.
On the courthouse of this little town
So everyone could go.

See her smiling, see her laughing,
See his love withstand the wind and rain.
And that moment when he found out she didn’t love him;
That’s the day the faces changed.

They said Welcome Mr. Herley, do you know you’re way around?
Just head down Rogers Street, that's where your work is found.
We built it out of granite and it rises up so high
Above the cotton fields beneath the Texas sky.
He had a fine reputation as the best there ever was.
That’s why it hurt so bad when Herley broke their trust.
To work in solitude was his one only demand.
The day he left they saw he’d been a busy man.

They’d see her smiling, see her laughing
See his love withstand the wind and rain
And that moment when he found out she didn’t love him;
That’s the day the faces changed.

Harry’s legend is one I’ve always known,
But I’ve only come to see his story on my own.
I brought you here underneath the gaze of Mabel’s eyes
So she can finally see what love is really like.

She sees us smiling, she sees us laughing,
She sees our love through years of wind and rain
She sees us smiling, she sees us laughing,
She sees our love through years of wind and rain,
And with this ring I’m gonna ask you to love me.
Today’s the day our fates will change.
Today's the day our fates will change.