She stood before God, her family and friends And vowed that she'd never love anyone else again Only me As pure as her gown of white she stood by my side And promised that she'd love me till the day she died Lord, please forgive her even though she lied 'Cause you're the only one who knows just how hard she tried She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands The woman in her needed the warmth of a man The gold turned cold in her wedding band It's just a ring on your finger When there's time on your hands When I add up all the countless nights she cried herself to sleep And all the broken promises I somehow failed to keep I can't blame her I'm the one who left her too many times alone In a three bedroom prison she tried to make a home Her love slowly died but the fire inside still burned In the arms of a stranger was the only place left to turn She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands The woman in her needed the warmth of a man The gold turned cold in her wedding band It's just a ring on your finger When there's time.... She had a ring on her finger and time on her hands The woman in her needed the warmth of a man The gold turned cold in her wedding band It's just a ring on your finger When there's time on your hands