No Love In Arkansas (The Ring)

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 you're 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 there's no love for me in arkansas

no love in arkansas

that mississippi river

it's muddy and it's wide

and you can't see what you're leaving

'til you look back from the other side

and there i saw the years i'd spent

and all the years i'd left to go

i took that ring from my finger

and through it in the muddy mississippi river down below

oh mother if you're 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 there's no love for me in arkansas