She wants something with a ring to it. Like a church bell makes. Like a pretty white gown to wear. And some vows to take. . She wants something with a ring to it.
It ain't nothin' but a small frame house on an acre lot. It ain't that much different from any other house on the block. And it may not look like we've got all our share of the promise.
I parked my car beside the highway and I didn't lock the doors. Left a note there with the keys if it cranks, well friend, she's yours. And I struck out across Texas, gonna walk it line to line.
It was a quarter till three on the day that we met. Exactly nine o' five on the night that she left. Well I tried my best but I still can't forget. How good she used to be.
The first time we went all the way. I can truly say it was way beyond my wildest dreams. And I never can forget that day. We spent tangled up in satin sheets.
If I was runnin' this country. I'd start it over from scratch. Keep what's good an' pile up what's bad. And then I'd strike the match. Yea, we'd go back to the basics.
You get up every morning 'fore the sun comes up. Toss a lunchbox into a pickup truck. A long, hard day sure ain't much fun. But you've gotta get it started if you wanna get it done.
My baby's playing hard to please. And I think I figured out what it is she wants from me. 'Cause when I holder her close. When we go out at night. I can hardly see the moonlight.
I was never much at findin' words. To say what's on my mind. Even dare describe what you mean to me. Would take a whole lifetime. . So if it don't come out like Shakespeare.
I've had my back against the wall more times than I can count. Seems I was running into trouble every time I turned around. But now my luck is changing, I've run into a dream come true.
Oh, she's tender but she's tough. And still willing to love. If there's a man, man enough to be her man. . But right now her hands are full. Fighting back the tears and the wolves.
A million reasons why I could. But only one why I wont. Cause the one whod probably never know. Is the reason that I dont. . I cant say that Im not tempted.
Youre looking at a man thats almost gone. Had a good woman and I went and did her wrong. Honey found out I was lovin double time. She moved me from her heart to the back of her mind.
Now once I stood like a mountain high. Cold and rough and no sign of life. Didn't need no one didn't want no love. Yeah, but that was before I felt her touch.
Her last lonely teardrop fell. Along about nine oclock. His memory was history. Before she hit the parking lot. . She busted through them swingin' doors.
This is my kind of town. I ain't never seen nothing like it. In all my traveling 'round. . This old highway ever gives me up. And I think about settling down.
Always wanted one to put me to the test. A hot blooded woman that could love a man to death. I got what I wanted but Lord I gotta say. She's lovin' me into an early grave.
Baby, you and me underneath the steeple. Two I do's and a half a dozen people. I can see it all plain as day, come on baby, don't be afraid. You can make a dream come true just like that.
I put down my razor, toweled off my face. Thought I saw a new wrinkle and another strand of gray. That one little scar kept catching my eye. Reminding me how time does fly.
I made five hundred miles in six hours flat. Trying to make up for lost time. I been beatin' a path to your mama's door. To set things between us right.