[Verse 1] She was a Bible Belt lovin' believer With a twelve year ring on her hand Got a little too close to the fire And started burning for another man One thing led to another At a motel in Galveston Bay They didn't know it at the time But more than just love was made That's one hell of a choice to make [Chorus] If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her Think of all the small town talk it would have saved her She could have chosen one quick fix To get her out of one big mess She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life She could have changed her mind and changed everything But she chose me [Verse 2] She didn't quite know how to tell him You try to speak a truth like that She didn't know where to turn to But she knew a way to take it back She had it written into her schedule Like just another thing to do But that box never got checked off And I'm sitting here living proof [Chorus] If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her Think of all the small town talk it would have saved her She could have chosen one quick fix To get her out of one big mess She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life She could have changed her mind and changed everything But she chose me But she chose me, yeah [Bridge] Me the daughter, me the sister Me the dreamer with pigtails in pictures Me the wife my husband loves I'm just thankful because [Chorus] If it went the other way nobody woulda blamed her Think of all the small town talk it would have saved her She could have chosen one quick fix To get her out of one big mess She could have tied a different ribbon to the ending of the story Could have kept her secret, gotten out before it changed her life She could have changed her mind and changed everything But she chose me She chose me