The Judge and Margaret Brady

[Verse 1]
Old Judge Brady was the law of the land
As for the rest of life he didn't care
He said I never asked to be born, warned or mourned
Just let everybody say I was fair
Let everybody say I was fair

[Verse 2]
His stern assistant Margaret was loyal thirty years
She says when you're too happy people laugh at you
And I've seen lies that are gonna last forever
Maybe longer than the truth
Maybe longer than the truth

[Verse 3]
But one day I saw her smile, I swear I did
Something strange came over the judge that day
He'd finally figured out how to tell Margaret something he knew
But never knew how to say
He knew but never knew how to say

[Verse 4]
He said I sentence you to life
And all the good and bad our love will bring
If you will be my wife
I sentence you to life with this ring
I sentence you to life with this ring