FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE (BUT NOT FOR LONG)
(Bill Anderson / Jan Crutchfield / Moneen Carpenter)

Jimmy Newman - 1966
Connie Smith - 1966



The wedding bells have barely stopped their ringing
But already all your love for me is gone
On the day that we were wed
Well, I guess we should have said
For better or for worse, but not for long

My dream of love has turned into a nightmare
For you say that in your life I don't belong
You said your vows, I said mine
But we both left out the line
For better or for worse, but not for long

(Instrumental Break)

The lifetime that we planned has been a short one
And the love that couldn't die did not live long
I wanted you eternally, but you only wanted me
For better or for worse, but not for long