Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs

(album: Brook Benton Today - 1970)

I don't know how to tell her
I didn't get that raise in pay today
You know, I didn't
And I know how much she wanted the dress
In the store window, and it breaks my heart
To see her, she has to wait...
And cancel all her plans she made to celebrate

But I can count on her to take it
With a smile and not a frown
She knows that life
Has its little ups and downs
Just like Ponies on a merry-go-round
And nobody grabs a brass ring every time

She has a gold ring on her finger
And I'm so glad that it's mine!

The new house plans we have so long
I guess will gather dust another year
The daffodils you planted way last fall
Are blooming upon the hill

Lord, you know it's break my heart
To say to her she's got to wait
She's been waiting so long

But I can count on her to take it
With a smile and not a frown
She knows that life
Has its little ups and downs
Just like Ponies on a merry, merry, merry, merry-go-round
And everybody grabs a brass ring sometime

She has a gold ring on her finger
And it's mine! I said, it's mine!

She has a gold ring on her finger
And I'm so glad it's mine!