The Ring

Well you've seen my love and you've seen my child

And you've seen my fifty dollar make believe

And you've seen my car and you've seen my place

You can see that I, I've been truly blessed

Well you've seen me tame and you've seen me wild

And you've seen me here as I wait for trial, baby

And you've seen my car and you've seen my place

And you've seen the face for whom I sing the blues tonight

One day they'll comfort you now, baby

There ain't an awful lot that you can do now, darling

The next day they'll come for me and you, baby

I told you so, I told you so

But still the ring will shine through the dead of night

I said I rub my eyes 'cause I can't sleep tonight, baby

And the cold outside is gonna warm my veins

And the way I feel I can't take more pain

Well you've seen my love and you've seen my child

And you've seen my hundred dollar make believe

And you've seen my car and you've seen my place

And you've seen the face for whom I made my blue disgrace

One day they'll comfort you now, baby

There ain't an awful lot that you can do now, darling

The next day they'll come for me and you, baby

I told you so, I told you so

They said the rubies shone from a bleeding nose

I said the crowd was cold and I couldn't care much more, baby

I said a love so bad could turn to so much gain

And I won't feel free 'til I taste more fang

There'll be a way outside, there'll be a way I'll crawl

Across the bluebird's fire 'cause I can't take much more, baby

And the cold outside should be my best friend

It makes me think of you and say let's make pretend, baby

Hold on now, baby

Be careful now, darling

Hold on now, baby

You know the ring will shine through the dead of night

We all want true love and not deceiting lies, baby

And they can call my name over hill and vale

They can take me down and stick me in their jail, baby

But still the ring will work through the pouring rain

And they can't kill love with a cold blade

And the way to go is the way I run

And it's two feet first, I hear the starting gun

You wanna call my name in the black of night

But it won't be long before we fuss and fight, child

And I've been there once and I've been there twice

And I ain't been no place three times in my sweet short life

Well you can call my name in the dead of night

But it won't be long 'til we fuss and fight, child

Haven't been there once, haven't been there twice

And I ain't been no place three times in my sweet short life