She was a Bible Belt lovin' believer

With a 12 year ring on her hand

Got a little too close to the fire

And started burnin' for another man

One thing lead to another

At a motel in Galveston Bay

They didn't know it at the time

But more than just love was made

That's one hell of a choice to make

If it went the other way, nobody would have blamed her

Think of all the small town talk, it would have saved her

She could have chosen one quick fix

To get her out of one big mess

She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story

Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it

Changed her life, she could've changed her mind and changed everything

But she chose me

She didn't quite know how to tell him

You try to speak a truth like that

She didn't know where to turn to

But she knew a way to take it back

She had it written into her schedule

Like just another thing to do

But that box never got checked off

And I'm sittin' here livin' proof

If it went the other way, nobody would have blamed her

Think of all the small town talk it would have saved her

She could have chosen one quick fix

To get her out of one big mess

She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story

Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it

Changed her life, she could've changed her mind and changed everything

But she chose me

But she chose me, yeah

Me the daughter, me the sister

Me the dreamer with pigtails in pictures

Me the wife my husband loves

I'm just thankful because

If it went the other way, nobody would have blamed her

Think of all the small town talk, it would have saved her

She could have chosen one quick fix

To get her out of one big mess

She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story

Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it

Changed her life, she could've changed her mind and changed everything

But she chose me

She chose me