There’s a girl I used to know She was younger than the springtime And she took my heart clean 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 ‘Cause I’m not the marrying kind”
I’ve been called an awful lot But a groom is what I’m not Oh no, I’m not the marrying kind
When I looked into her eyes I could see that she was crying And oh, what a heel 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 ‘Cause I’m not the marrying kind”
So I packed things that day Bound for places far away No, no, I’m not the marrying kind
Oh well, I traveled far and wide But I tired of my freedom And went home to see how she’d been But I’d been away so long That when I went to see to her Her ma said that married she’d been
When I said, “I’m not getting married I’m never getting married ‘Cause I’m not the marrying kind”
If that girl can’t be my wife Then I’m about your love for life Oh no, I’m not the marrying kind