Flying Silver Eagle

Standing at that pawn shop counter
 Trying on the wedding rings
 She said she needed silver
 'Cause gold just turns her green
 I counted out the twenties
 And I laid the money down
 And we went straight to the Davidson courthouse
 After three long years together
 She found a banker man
 She said she was thinking 'bout her future
 And gave me back that silver band
 I had it melted down
 So I could wear in on a chain
 Now it's a flying silver eagle that used to be a ring
 I'd rather have this silver eagle
 Than all that rich man's gold
 It's my one reminder of
 A women turning cold
 Her love lies in his money
 And mines in a pair of wings
 On a flying silver eagle that used to be a ring
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 I couldn't put the past behind me
 So I put it in a song
 That's how I tell the story
 How that women did me wrong
 Now I tour across the country
 Riding high on the wings
 Of a flying silver eagle that used to be a ring
 I'd rather have this silver eagle
 Than all that rich man's gold
 It's my one reminder of
 A women turning cold
 Her love lies in his money
 And mines in a pair of wings
 On a flying silver eagle that used to be a ring
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 I met a homeless man on Broadway
 He was holding out his hand
 He asked me for a dollar
 Said he was once a banker man
 'Til that lady took his money
 I said man I feel your pain
 You might could use this silver eagle
 You know it used to be a ring