If the ties that bind ever do come looseIf forever ever ends for youIf that ring gets a little too tightYou might as well read me my last rights.

I took your name when I took those vowsI meant 'em back then and I mean 'em right now.

It won't be whiskey, won't be methIt'll be your name on my last breathIf divorce or death ever do us partThe coroner will call it a broken heart

Here lies the girl whose only crutchWas loving one man just a little too muchIf you go before I doI'm gonna tell the gravedigger that he better dig two.

So if the ties that bind ever do come looseTie them in a knot like a hangman's nooseCause I'll go to heaven or I'll go to hellBefore I'll see you with someone else.