The first scene was the church, then the altar   Where we claimed each other, with tears of joy we cried   Our friends wished us luck there forever   As we walked from the church, side by side      The next scene was a crowded courtroom   And like strangers we sat side by side   Then I heard the judge make his decision   And no longer were we man and wife      I hate the sight of that courtroom   Where man made laws push God's laws aside   Then the clerk wrote our story in the record   A church, a courtroom and then goodbye      We walked from that courtroom together   We shook hands and once again we cried   Then it was the end of our story   A church, a courtroom and then goodbye