WHEN FIRST I TOOK THE RING OFF
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE
ANOTHER RING JUST UNDERNEATH
AS WHITE AS SNOW CAN BE
THROUGH RICH AND POOR, SICKNESS AND HEALTH
UNTIL THE DAY WE DIE
OH, THE DAY I TOOK THE RING OFF
I LAY RIGHT DOWN AND CRIED
OH MOTHER IF YOUâRE LISTENING
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR ME
I LOVE A LOVELY LADY
FROM THE GREEN HILLS OF TENNESSEE
I KNOW JESUS LOVES A SINNER
HE MUST LOVE ME MOST OF ALL
TELL BRENDA I AM SORRY
BUT THEREâS NO LOVE FOR ME IN ARKANSAS
NO LOVE IN ARKANSAS
THAT MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ITâS MUDDY AND ITâS WIDE
AND YOU CANâT SEE WHAT YOUâRE LEAVING
âTIL YOU LOOK BACK FROM THE OTHER SIDE
AND THERE I SAW THE YEARS IâD SPENT
AND ALL THE YEARS IâD LEFT TO GO
I TOOK THAT RING FROM MY FINGER
AND THROUGH IT IN THE MUDDY MISSISSIPPI RIVER DOWN BELOW
OH MOTHER IF YOUâRE LISTENING
PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR ME
I LOVE A LOVELY LADY
FROM THE GREEN HILLS OF TENNESSEE
I KNOW JESUS LOVES A SINNER
HE MUST LOVE ME MOST OF ALL
TELL BRENDA I AM SORRY
BUT THEREâS NO LOVE FOR ME IN ARKANSAS
- :
- Couchville Sessions
- TEN: SONGS OF BEN BULLINGTON
- 10 Songs Of Ben Bullington
- Long Ride Home
- Theatre Of The Unheard
- Family Tree
- Aloha From Nashville
- Miscellaneous
- A Crooked Road
- Modern Hymns
- Transatlantic Sessions 3
- Promo Only: Country Radio, March 2012
- Music City Roots: SongRoots
- Coal Country Music (Deluxe)
- Live in NC
- No Song No Supper: Sugar Hill Singer-Songwriters Dish It Up
- Music of Coal: Mining Songs From the Applachian Coalfields
- Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective
- Transatlantic Sessions - Series 3: Volume Two
- Take Me Back