Emerald necklace

Verse 1

I worked overtime at the shop all week

Hands still smell like oil and grease

Counted out my tips and my worn-out pay

Thought maybe I could make you stay

Behind that glass with velvet green

Something sparkled like it still believed

Two hundred dollars and a promise made

I pictured your smile all the way home that day

Chorus

But you laid that emerald necklace on the table

Like it didn’t mean a thing at all

Didn’t see the hours, didn’t feel the sacrifice

Just said, “Is this the best you could afford?”

Guess love don’t shine if it ain’t expensive

Guess my heart don’t cut like diamond stones

I spent two hundred dollars tryin’ to say forever

You spent one second sayin’ no

Verse 2

You said, “Green ain’t really my color, babe”

Didn’t look me in the eye when you spoke

I laughed it off but it stuck like a thorn

In the same old place where hope goes broke

That necklace cost me more than cash

It cost me pride I never get back

I wrapped it up with everything I had

But you just saw what it wasn’t, not what it was

Chorus

So you laid that emerald necklace on the table

Like it didn’t mean a thing at all

Didn’t see the hours, didn’t feel the sacrifice

Just said, “Is this the best you could afford?”

Guess love don’t shine if it ain’t expensive

Guess my heart don’t cut like diamond stones

I spent two hundred dollars tryin’ to say forever

You spent one second sayin’ no

Bridge

Maybe I ain’t good at grand displays

Maybe I love in smaller ways

Like gas in your car and food on your plate

Like stayin’ when it’d be easier to break

That emerald’s still sittin’ in the drawer

Green like the envy I ignore

Every time I see it, I remember

How cheap my love made me feel for sure

Chorus

Yeah, you laid that emerald necklace on the table

Like it didn’t mean a thing at all

Didn’t see the hours, didn’t feel the sacrifice

Just said, “Is this the best you could afford?”

Guess love don’t shine if it ain’t expensive

Guess my heart don’t cut like diamond stones

I spent two hundred dollars tryin’ to say forever

You spent one second sayin’ no

Outro

So I’ll keep the necklace, keep the receipt

Keep learnin’ what appreciation means

Next time I give my heart away

I’ll pray it’s worth more than what money can say