The Ring

[00:09.22] By the light of the moon
[00:11.09] To a 50's tune
[00:13.76] He pledged his love to her
[00:18.33] A girl so rare
[00:20.13] A girl so fair
[00:22.85] The girl for him for sure
[00:27.30] He could see himself getting up every mornin'
[00:30.91] For the rest of his life
[00:31.84] Just to look in those eyes so blue
[00:37.21] It was all he ever wanted to do
[00:41.84] She was all he'd ever need to see him through
[00:54.42] They were still in their teens
[00:57.27] When he gave her the ring
[00:58.11] They were married late one May
[01:03.53] And they moved into a little house
[01:05.33] On the far end of town
[01:08.04] Out by the big highway
[01:12.51] And all through the days
[01:14.34] And all through the nights
[01:16.28] The cars and trucks rolled on by
[01:22.50] And he slept through it all just fine
[01:26.18] Every night he slept just fine
[01:30.78] Sometimes she'd stare at the stars out the window
[01:34.35] Sometimes she'd walk 'neath the moon
[01:39.84] Sometimes she'd sit there just watching him sleeping
[01:43.49] Hoping the dawn would come soon
[01:47.04] She'd done well in school
[01:59.71] She'd followed the rules
[02:02.49] And she'd always stood out from the rest
[02:06.95] She'd go off to college
[02:08.82] And work her way through
[02:11.52] Then move to some city out west
[02:16.94] She had it all planned
[02:17.88] She'd have her career
[02:20.54] She'd have all of the things that she'd always lacked
[02:26.08] She'd wake up one morning all packed
[02:29.64] And leave here and never look back
[02:34.15] Most of her friends thought it soon would be over
[02:38.69] Not many thought it would last
[02:43.19] Most seemed to think they were all wrong for each other
[02:47.75] And soon it would pass - soon it would pass
[03:10.34] Now twenty years have gone
[03:30.21] And her kids have moved on
[03:32.93] And she's still on the far end of town
[03:38.36] Her youngest - she's livin' somewhere in L.A.
[03:42.05] And her oldest - he works on a nearby farm
[03:47.45] Her husband comes home
[03:49.20] And they talk over supper
[03:51.96] He's usually the first to turn in
[03:56.40] Another day comes to an end
[04:01.09] Another day just ends
[04:06.46] And sometimes in the wee hours when the traffic dies down
[04:10.08] She'll hear the sound of some bird on the wing
[04:15.57] And she'll look out the window and she'll look at his picture
[04:19.12] But not at the ring - not at the ring
[04:30.92] She never looks at the ring
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