Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs - Charlie Rich

I don’t know how to tell her

That I didn’t get that raise in pay today.

And I know how much she wanted the dress

In Baker’s window, and it breaks my heart

To see her have 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,

Like Ponies on a merry-go-round.

And no one plants the grass green every time,

But she don’t mind.

She wears a gold ring on her finger,

And it’s mine.

The new house plans we’ve had so long,

I guess will gather dust another year.

And the daffodils are blooming

that she planted way last fall

Upon the hill, and over by the gate.

And Lord knows I hate to say again we’ll have to wait.

But you can bet that she’ll just take it With a smile and not a frown.

She knows that life has its little ups and downs,

Like Ponies on a merry-go-round.

And no one plants the grass green every time,

But she don’t mind.

She wears a gold ring on her finger,

And I’m so glad that it’s mine!

She wears a gold ring on her finger,

And I’m so glad that it’s mine!