[00:12.576]By the light of the moon[00:15.765]To a 50's tune[00:17.444]He pledged his love to her[00:22.039]A girl so rare[00:23.153]A girl so fair[00:26.085]The girl for him for sure[00:30.743]He could see himself getting up every mornin'[00:32.845]For the rest of his life[00:34.536]Just to look in those eyes so blue[00:39.831]It was all he ever wanted to do[00:44.432]She was all he'd ever need to see him through[00:58.074]They were still in their teens[00:59.460]When he gave her the ring[01:02.429]They were married late one May[01:07.420]And they moved into a little house[01:10.725]On the far end of town[01:11.093]Out by the big highway[01:15.580]And all through the days[01:17.133]And all through the nights[01:19.467]The cars and trucks rolled on by[01:24.645]And he slept through it all just fine[01:29.136]Every night he slept just fine[01:33.435]Sometimes she'd stare at the stars out the window[01:37.448]Sometimes she'd walk `neath the moon[01:41.789]Sometimes she'd sit there just watching him sleeping[01:46.442]Hoping the dawn would come soon[02:00.617]She'd done well in school[02:05.047]She'd followed the rules[02:07.613]And she'd always stood out from the rest[02:09.364]She'd go off to college[02:14.163]And work her way through[02:18.438]Then move to some city out west[02:20.424]She had it all planned[02:20.732]She'd have her career[02:22.232]She'd have all of the things that she'd always lacked[02:27.688]She'd wake up one morning all packed[02:32.040]And leave here and never look back[02:36.429]Most of her friends thought it soon would be over[02:40.074]Not many thought it would last[02:45.532]Most seemed to think they were all wrong for each other[02:49.982]And soon it would pass - soon it would pass[03:31.029]Now twenty years have gone[03:32.684]And her kids have moved on[03:35.407]And she's still on the far end of town[03:40.046]Her youngest - she's livin' somewhere in L.A.[03:43.694]And her oldest - he works on a nearby farm[03:49.450]Her husband comes home[03:53.120]And they talk over supper[03:58.637]He's usually the first to turn in[04:00.996]Another day comes to an end[04:03.279]Another day just ends[04:07.860]And sometimes in the wee hours when the traffic dies down[04:10.093]She'll hear the sound of some bird on the wing[04:18.485]And she'll look out the window and she'll look at his picture[04:22.215]But not at the ring - not at the ring[04:28.125]She never looks at the ring