I slowly turned the pages   And see all these smiling faces   It's hard to believe it was today, ten years ago   Here is the invitation, to our wedding celebration   Just look at the promise theses pictures show(now I know)      If I had loved her by the book   She would be right here by my side but fool that I am   I overlooked my promise to love her forever, for worse or for better   We'd still be together if I had loved her by the book   If I'd opened the book more often   Then I wouldn't forgotten   How much she cared, and how much I meant my solemn vow   To honor, to have and to hold her but as I read them over   I know its to late to say I'm sorry now, but some how      If I had loved her by the book   She would be right here by my side but fool that I am   I overlooked my promise to love her forever, for worse or for better   We'd still be together if I had loved her by the book   If I'd opened the book more often   Then I wouldn't forgotten   How much she cared, and how much I meant my solemn vow   To honor, to have and to hold her but as I read them over   I know its to late to say I'm sorry now, but some how      If I had loved her by the book   She would be right here by my side but fool that I am   I overlooked my promise to love her forever, for worse or for better   We'd still be together if I had loved her by the book   If I'd opened the book more often   Then I wouldn't forgotten   How much she cared, and how much I meant my solemn vow   To honor, to have and to hold her but as I read them over   I know its to late to say I'm sorry now, but some how      If I had loved her by the book