Don't tell her what it's worth, third from her thumb
Well, he walks in the shop, one thing on his mind Wants to buy a but he doesn't have a dime He finds the one he likes and they cut him a deal A two carat solitaire but one's real
Picks up the pay phone, it to his ear Calls his chick, collect and says, "Get here"
When he his girlfriend, she can't believe her eyes She never she'd ever really get one that size He to think of somethin' when she asked him "where'd you get it?" Down at diffie's pawn but he never admit it
He tries to the subject, "Forget the wedding list Let's head on out to and get it over with"
Flaws and defects, no ads Hope she finds out how much he spent else shines like a zirconia Don't tell her what it's worth, third rock from her
Just outside of Vegas, the gets a flat She says, "We woulda it if you weren't so doggone fat" try to hitch a ride from some hippies in a van To a ratty little motel called S and M grand'
Puts on her little nightie, gives him a little Ring slips off her finger, the bathroom sink
She starts to a plumber, he begins to shout "Give me a coat-hangar, I I can get it out" out the ring in a big ball of hair Slips it on her finger as he pats her
Thinkin' to himself, "It's a lucky A plumber woulda cost me much more that ring"
and defects, no billing ads Hope she finds out how much he spent Nothin' else shines like a Don't tell her what it's worth, rock from her thumb
Flaws and defects, no ads Hope she never finds out how I spent Nothin' else shines like a Don't tell her what worth, third rock from her thumb Wonder what it's worth, third from her thumb Don't tell him what it's worth, third from her thumb