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Thread #88633   Message #3462080
Posted By: Jim Dixon
06-Jan-13 - 09:19 AM
Thread Name: ADD: I Gave Her the Ring (She Gave Me the Finger)
Subject: Lyr Add: I GAVE HER A RING SHE GAVE ME THE FINGER
I GAVE HER A RING SHE GAVE ME THE FINGER
As sung by Juanita Ford* on "Music from the Heart" (2008)

1. I never was much of a drinker,
Well, as far as I remember back.
Tonight she won't cloud my mem'ry,
Not with this bottle of Jack.
I'm tryin' like hell to forget that girl.
I treated her like a treasure,
But tonight with old Jack Daniels,
He and I are gonna forget her.

CHORUS: I gave her a ring; she gave me the finger.
Never thought she'd turn out to be
A little she-devil in disguise
And make a big fool out of me.
She had a heart as cold as ice
Behind her angel eyes so bright.
I gave her a ring; she gave me the finger,
S'why Jack and I'm crazy tonight.

2. I never thought that a heart
Could be so mean and cruel.
Turn a so-called man like me
Into a first-class fool.
Tonight with Jack and this barstool,
Feelin' I'm a hundred-ninety-two,
I know now how it feels to be treated
Like a worn-out tool.

[* That's the name on the album; it's actually a man's voice on this cut, but there's a woman's voice on several others.]