Carol County's pointed out as kind of squareThe biggest thing that happens is the county fairI guess that's why it seemed like such a big eventWhat we all call the Carol County accidentThe wreck was on the highway just inside the lineWalter Browning lost his life and for a timeIt seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would surely dieBut she lived long enough for her to testifyNow Walter Browning was a happy married manHe wore a golden wedding ringUpon his handBut it was goneNobody knew just where it wentHe'd lost it in the Carol County accidentMary Ellen testifiedHe flagged her downSaid he was sickAnd could she drive him into townAnd no one even doubtedWhat she said was trueOh, she was well-respectedIn the county, tooI went down to see the wreck like all the restThe bloody seats, the broken glass, the tangled messBut I found something no one else had even seenBehind the dash in Mary's crumpled-up machineA little matchbox circled by a rubber bandAnd inside the ring from Walter Browning's handIt took a while to figure out just what it meantThe truth about the Carol County accidentBy dark of night I dropped the ring into a wellAnd took a sacred oath that I would never tellThe truth about the Carol County accidentCause the county ordered Dad a marble monumentI lost him in the Carol County accident