I’m Not Getting Married

There's a girl I use to know
She was younger than the springtime
And she took my heart cling away
But one day she said: "Let's go
We can buy a silver ring
And get married a week from today"

But I said:
"I'm not getting married
I'm never getting married I ain't
Cause I'm not the marrying kind"

I've been called an awful a lot
But a grieve is what I'm not
I'm not the marrying kind
When I looked into her eyes
I could see that she was crying
Oh, what a heal I had been
And I didn't realize
At the time I said goodbye
Just how much my decision would mean

When I said:
"I'm not getting married
I'm never getting married I ain't
Cause I'm not the marrying kind"

So I packed my things that day
Found for places far away
I'm not the marrying kind

Oh, well I travelled far and wide
But I'm tired of my freedom
And went home to see how she'd been
That when I went to see her
I've been said married she'd been

And I said:
"I'm not getting married
I'm never getting married I ain't
Cause I'm not the marrying kind"

If that girl can't be my wife
I'm a bachelor for life
Although I'm not the marrying kind.