A chain of steel a wall of stone could not keep me from you But while your finger wears a ring of gold what can I do I'm burning up with love but still I'm left out in the cold Because you wear a yellow band of fourteen karat gold I never should have let my heart go roaming by itself But it gets awful lonesome when your heart sets on the shelf I should have tied it with a string so it could be controlled To stay away from a yellow band of fourteen karat gold I realize that I was wrong that I was all to blame If there's a ring upon her finger never fan the flame I'm ready now to pay the price of loving much too bold A girl who wears a yellow band of fourteen karat gold