When I Said I Do

  • Written and originally performed by Clint Black (born 2/4/62) & his wife TV actress Lisa Hartman Black (they were married on New Years Eve 1991)
  • The song was a #1 smash hit on the country charts, and reached a respectable # 31 on the Top 40 charts in 2000
  • The song won the Academy of Country Music's Top Vocal Event of the Year award for 2000
  • One of the great first dance songs at weddings and anniversary parties

These times are troubled, and these times are good
And they're always gonna be, they rise and they fall
We take 'em all the way that we should
Together you and me, forsaking them all

Deep in the night and by the light of day
It always looks the same, true love always does
And here by your side, or a million miles away
Nothin's ever gonna change the way that I feel,
The way it is, is the way that it was

When I said I do, 
I meant that I will, 'til the end of all time
Be faithful and true, devoted to you
That's what I had in mind 
When I said "I do"

Well this old world keeps changin', and the world stays the same
For all who came before, and it goes hand and hand
Only you and I can undo all that we became
That makes us so much more, (so much more)
Than a woman and a man

And after everything that comes and goes around
Has only passed us by, here alone in our dreams
I know there's a lonely heart in every lost and found
But forever you and I will be the ones
Who found out what forever means

When I said I do, 
I meant that I will, 'til the end of all time
Be faithful and true, devoted to you
That's what I had in mind 
When I said "I do"

Truer than true, you know that I'll always be there for you
(Him) That's what I had in mind, 
(Her) That's what I had in mind,
(Both) When I said "I do"


Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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