Carroll County Accident

Carroll County's pointed out as, kind of square
The biggest thing that happens, is the "County Fair"
I guess that's why, it seemed like such a big event
What we all call, "The Carroll County Accident"

The wreck was on the highway, just inside the line
Walter Browning, lost his life and for a time
It seemed, that Mary Ellen Jones, would surely die
But she lived, long enough, for her to testify

Walter Browning, was a happy, married man
And he wore a golden wedding ring, upon his hand
But it was gone, nobody knew, just where it went
He lost it, in, "The Carroll County Accident"

Mary Ellen, testified he flagged her down
Said, he was sick and could she drive him, into town
No one even doubted, what she said, was true
'Cause, she was well respected, in the county too

I went down, to see the wreck, like all the rest
The bloody seats, the broken glass, the tangled mess
But I found something, no one else, had ever seen
Behind the dash, in Mary's crumpled-up machine

A little matchbox, circled by a rubber band
And inside, the ring, from Walter Browning's hand
It took a while to figure out, just what it meant
The truth about, "The Carroll County Accident"

By dark of night, I dropped the ring, into a well
And took a sacred oath, that I would never tell
The truth about, "The Carroll County Accident"
'Cause, the County ordered Dad, a marble monument

I lost him, in, "The Carroll County Accident"