With This Ring

Some things are owned and some loaned.
There's stuff you get out of love... just a given.
Simply put they come along and just for livin'
Gifts, devoted things... celebrations thrown.

Lovers make a pact to always be true
and pick out the stone he gives to you.
It's way more than a gift...
it's her's, a pedestal lift.

So what happens when times are tough.
You have to do what you need to do
to make ends meet.
You're still in love but things get rough.
You try each day without having to go
out into the street.

Something has changed.
You're doing it all alone.
You ask her for help...
she offers you the stone.

It's hard to believe that just a few months ago
she would have thought it would be crazy...
but now you get that stare...
out into space.
She's just standing there,
tossing your devotion back at you...
into your face.

They say a diamond is forever.
She had other ideas about love,
devotion, caring, trust and...
what I'm going to remember.