45 Years

Where the earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone
 And the sea and the sky are one
 I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
 And I'm running naked in the sun
 There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
 And the sky is a painful blue
 I'd like to look around, but Honey, all I see is you.
 The summer city lights will soften the night
 Til you'd think that the air is clear
 And I'm sitting with friends, where forty-five cents
 Will buy another glass of beer
 He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
 That I don't know who I'm talking to
 Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, all I see is you
 And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
 You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
 Ah, but Honey, what the hell's it for?
 After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
 A way to let you know somehow
 That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.
 So alone in the lights on stage every night
 I've been reaching out to find a friend
 Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard
 And knows how all the stories end
 Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go
 Home with her for a drink or two
 Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey, all I see is you
 And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
 You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
 Ah, but Honey, what the hell's it for?
 After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
 A way to let you know somehow
 That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.
 And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
 You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
 Ah, but Honey, what the hell's it for?
 After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
 A way to let you know somehow
 That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.