the ring

Lyrics

by the light of the moon, to a 50's tune, he pledged his love to her, a girl so rare, a girl so fair, the girl for him for sure, he could see himself getting up every mornin', for the rest of his life, just to look in those eyes so blue, it was all he ever wanted to do, she was all he'd ever need to see him through, they were still in their teens, when he gave her the ring, they were married late one may, and they moved into a little house, on the far end of town, out by the big highway, and all through the days, and all through the nights, the cars and trucks rolled on by, and he slept through it all just fine, every night he slept just fine, sometimes she'd stare at the stars out the window, sometimes she'd walk `neath the moon, sometimes she'd sit there just watching him sleeping, hoping the dawn would come soon, she'd done well in school, she'd followed the rules, and she'd always stood out from the rest, she'd go off to college, and work her way through, then move to some city out west, she had it all planned, she'd have her career, she'd have all of the things that she'd always lacked, she'd wake up one morning all packed, and leave here and never look back, most of her friends thought it soon would be over, not many thought it would last, most seemed to think they were all wrong for each other, and soon it would pass - soon it would pass, now twenty years have gone, and her kids have moved on, and she's still on the far end of town, her youngest - she's livin' somewhere in l.a. and her oldest - he works on a nearby farm, her husband comes home, and they talk over supper, he's usually the first to turn in, another day comes to an end, another day just ends, and sometimes in the wee hours when the traffic dies down, she'll hear the sound of some bird on the wing, and she'll look out the window and she'll look at his picture, but not at the ring - not at the ring, she never looks at the ring