"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" is a song written by Don Goodman, Pam Rose, and Mary Ann Kennedy and first recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood.
McEntire's version reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1996.
The bride recalls that, as pure as the white in her gown, she stood by her groom's side and vowed to love him until her death.
However, the couple's love life quickly sours, as the husband constantly leaves his wife alone at night; the reason – work, drinking with friends or an affair – is never specified.
As the lonely nights begin to mount up, the wife, left to maintain in a three-bedroom home (or prison, as she puts it), observes that the "gold turned cold in (her) wedding band."