YOUR SMILE IS THE REASON I FOLLOWED YOU DOWN
LOVE IS THE REASON THAT I'M STILL AROUND
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH BUT IT WAS ALL THAT WE'D NEED TO START A NEW LIFE ~ ANYWHERE IT WOULD LEAD
NO ONE BEFORE EVER GOT ME ~ TIL YOU
NO ONE BEFORE HAD EVER STUCK BY YOU
TOGETHER WE MOVED THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
LEAVING THE PAST AND ALL OTHER'S BEHIND
YOU TAUGHT ME COMPASSION AND SOCIAL GRACE
YOU TAUGHT ME PATIENCE AND SAVING FACE
YOU TAUGHT ME THAT ANGER HAD NO PLACE
IN A COMFORTING HOME AND IN OUR SAFE SPACE
THERE WERE SOFT CELL DAYS AND SOME CHRIS ISAAC HAYES
BLUE ANGEL, BRUCE, BONDS AND STONES ~ NOT TO MENTION THE BOULDERS IN OUR FRONT YARD
SOME LAUGHTER AND TEARS AND SHIFTING BONES
SUCCESSES AND FAILURES AND MOVING ON
SWEET MEMORIES OF OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE COME AND GONE
PEARL PAINT, PEARL RIVER, "MEMPHIS... where the hell is Memphis"?
CHEAP TRICK, "CHEAP THRILLS" "I'M SORRY (But So Is Brenda Lee)"
I WAS POSITIVE AND YOU WERE SURE THAT NOTHING WOULD CHANGE
IT WAS LIGHTENING IN A BOTTLE
A LOVE THAT IS RARE AND NOT AT ALL STRANGE
NO ONE BEFORE EVER GOT ME ~ TIL YOU
NO ONE BEFORE HAD EVER STUCK BY YOU
YOUR SMILE IS THE REASON I FOLLOWED YOU DOWN
LOVE IS THE REASON THAT I'M STILL AROUND
WE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH BUT IT WAS ALL THAT WE'D NEED TO START A NEW LIFE ~ ANYWHERE IT WOULD LEAD
"THEY" SAY LIGHTENING NEVER STRIKES THE SAME PLACE TWICE! "THEY" ARE TOTALLY WRONG ~ THIS BEING OUR FORTIETH YEAR, I CAN SAFELY SAY... YOU GOT ME ~ I GOT THIS... AND TOGETHER WE ARE LIGHTENING IN A BOTTLE!
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