Eugene was tired of the smoky bars, And marriage to his ol' guitar He met Diane and thought she'd change his luck But she was high society, fancy cars and diamond rings. He started feeling love was not enough. So he never told her how he really felt He just drifted off and kept it to himself. He never looked fell down on his knees Said girl won't you marry me, 'Cause it's with you that I long to grow old. But he never told her. Diane was big on the social scene She had the best of store bought dreams But he offered something she'd never had before. Still she could never quite let go Eugene was just a rung below on the ladder Of what she thought mattered most. She never told him, how she really felt. She just wrote it in a journal to herself. She never looked him in the eyes, swallowed every ounce of pride Said all I need is a little band of gold. But she never told him. Eugene sailed to Nashville and a loners life he lived Diane raised a daughter with some millionaire she wed They both lived and died regretting, All the things they never said But he never told her, she never told him. That they never felt that way again. Now some words her daughter read and some pictures neath his bed Tell the story of a love that should've been. But he never told her and she never told him.