White Ring Stays, The

by C. Carson Parks

Verse 1 Once the world was warm and bright We had the sun and the sand And in those days our hearts were light Bright as a ring on a hand. Now all the good times are past and gone Gone with the going of you Now all the sunshiny days are gone And now the ring has gone too. Chorus But the white ring stays, and it gives me away It lingers on my hand where there was a wedding band. Oh, the white ring stays and I pray for sunny days So the white ring will fade and take your mem'ry away Verse 2 Maybe time will dry my tears And then my life will go on. But the weeks just seem like years I can't believe that you're gone I've thought of finding another love (I see the look in their eyes.) There's just one thing that I'm certain of - - They think I'm telling them lies ('cause) (Repeat chorus)

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