I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO TELL HER
I DIDN'T GET
THAT RAISE IN PAY
TODAY
AND I KNOW HOW MUCH
SHE WANTED
THE DRESS
IN BAKER'S WINDOW
AND IT BREAKS
MY HEART TO SEE HER
HAVE TO WAIT
CANCEL ALL THE PLANS
SHE MADE
TO CELEBRATE
BUT I CAN
COUNT ON HER
TO TAKE IT
WITH A SMILE
AND NOT A FROWN
SHE KNOWS
THAT LIFE HAS IT'S
LITTLE UPS AND DOWNS
LIKE PONIES ON A
MERRY-GO-ROUND
AND NO ONE
GRABS THE BRASS RING
EVERYTIME
SHE DON'T MIND
SHE WEARS
A GOLD RING
ON HER FINGER
AND I'M SO GLAD
THAT IT'S MINE
THE NEW HOUSE PLANS
WE'VE HAD SO LONG
I GUESS WILL
GATHER DUST
ANOTHER YEAR
AND THE DAFFODILS
ARE BLOOMING
THAT SHE PLANTED
WAY LAST FALL
UP ON THE HILL
OVER BY THE GATE
LORD KNOWS
I HATE
TO SAY AGAIN
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT
BUT YOU CAN BET
SHE'LL JUST TAKE IT
WITH A SMILE
AND NOT A FROWN
SHE KNOWS THAT LIFE
HAS IT'S
LITTLE UPS AND DOWNS
LIKE PONIES ON A
MERRY-GO-ROUND
AND NO ONE GRABS
THE BRASS RING
EVERYTIME
SHE DON'T MIND
SHE WEARS
A GOLD RING
ON HER FINGER
AND I'M SO GLAD
THAT IT'S MINE
SHE WEARS
A GOLD RING
ON HER FINGER
AND I'M SO GLAD
THAT IT'S MINE