The Ring - Lyrics - Terri Hendrix

Terri Hendrix is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and independent artist from San Marcos, Texas, who has been offering an eclectic brand of Americana â encompassing folk, pop, country, blues and jazz â for more than two decades. To date, Hendrix has released 14 albums on her own Wilory Records label, co-wrote the Grammy-winning song "Lil' Jack Slade" by the Dixie Chicks, and, in 2011, published a book, Cry Til You Laugh â The Part That Ainât Art. Known for her live shows and positive energy, Hendrix says she lives by the adage âown your own universe,â a lyric from one of her earliest songs. In addition to writing and performing, Hendrix conducts songwriting workshops both inside and outside of Texas, and has established a nonprofit community arts center in San Marcos, OYOU , offering educational and therapeutic arts programs, including for those who face neurological challenges or physical disabilities.

When we were kids We'd lay awake at night And listen to my mom and dad talk about money When times were tight My mom would raise her voice My dad wouldn't say a thing He'd walk outside Turn on his workshop light And he'd work on a ring My dad earned the Soldier's Medal And the Purple Heart in Vietnam He learned how to make jewelry To ease his mind on the ship back home The war left him changed He never said a thing Every time he thought about it He'd work on the ring For my mother He made a ring For my mother He'd do most anything A quiet man With words unspoken Proved his love could not be broken Out of a half dollar My father Made my mom a ring We watched him through the window As he worked one afternoon He held the silver half dollar in his hand As he tapped the edges with a spoon When I asked my dad if he was mad He never said a thing It seemed to ease his troubled mind As he worked on the ring For my mother He made a ring For my mother He'd do most anything A quiet man With words unspoken Proved his love could not be broken Out of a half dollar My father Made my mom a ring Every holiday We gather round the table As my dad prays And when we close our eyes Sometimes I think my dad cries And those words left unspoken I've come to understand What's kept our family together Is worn on my mother's hand For my mother He made a ring For my mother He'd do most anything A quiet man With words unspoken Proved his love could not be broken Out of a half dollar My father Made my mom a ring Out of a half dollar My father Made my mom a ring