Painterly gold wedding ring on folded blank cream paper beneath delicate white lace.

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Tom Waits

I am the type of guy who'd sell you a rat's asshole for a wedding ring.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker boasts of being able to pass off something disgusting and worthless as a wedding ring. The crude contrast makes the claim deliberately outrageous: a symbol of love and value becomes a vehicle for deception. The line presents shameless salesmanship as part of the speaker's character.

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