WHERE I OUGHT TO BE
(Harlan Howard)

Skeeter Davis - 1965


I got your wedding invitation 
I'm surprised you thought of me
But I don't believe your wedding 
Is just where I ought to be

For you put your arms around her 
Kissed her lips so tenderly
As she's standing there beside you 
That's just where I ought to be

Like a fool I introduced you 
I said, "Baby, meet my friend"
Never thought that I could lose you 
But I lost you there and then

I took the diamond ring you gave me 
Threw it way out in the sea
And I had an awful feeling 
That's just where I ought to be

Da da da de de dee da...
(Instrumental Break)

Like a fool I introduced you
I said, "Baby, meet my friend"
Never thought that I could lose you 
But I lost you there and then

I took the diamond ring you gave me 
Threw it way out in the sea
And I had an awful feeling 
That's just where I ought to be