Released: November 15, 1974

Songwriter: Roger Miller

Producer: Richard Perry

[Verse]
Two broken hearts
Lonely looking like
Houses where nobody lives
Two people each
Having so much pride inside
Neither side forgives

[Chorus]
The angry words spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives
It's my belief pride is the chief cause in the decline
In the numbers of husbands and wives

[Verse]
Two broken hearts
Lonely looking like
Houses where nobody lives
Two people each
Having so much pride inside
Neither side forgives

[Chorus]
The angry words spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives
It's my belief pride is the chief cause in the decline
In the numbers of husbands and wives

[Bridge]
A woman and a man, a man and a woman
Some can and some can't, and some can't

[Chorus]
The angry words spoken in haste
Such a waste of two lives
It's my belief pride is the chief cause in the decline
In the numbers of husbands and wives
It's my belief pride is the chief cause in the decline
In the numbers of husbands and wives

Ringo Starr

Best known as the drummer for The Beatles, Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey, 1940) also had a moderately successful solo career (with hits like “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Photograph”) and was the narrator for Thomas The Tank Engine.

His country-infused nickname emerged from a tendency to wear rings on his fingers.