Forty-Five Years

Stan Rogers

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C6/G : 302013 D/F# : 200232 D(add9)/F# : 200230 Am/G : 302210 Where the earth shows_ its bones_ of wind_-bro_-ken sto-one and the sea_ and the sky are o-ne_ I'm caught out of time_ my blood sings_ with wine_ and I'm running naked in-in the sun__ There's God in the trees_ I'm weak_ in the knees-es_ and the sky_ is a painful blue-ue_ I'd like to look around_ but honey_ all I_ see is you__ The summer city lights_ will sof_-ten_ the night_ 'til you'd think_ that the air is cle-ear__ 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-ay_ that I don't know who I'm talking to_-o__ As 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 befo-ore_ You say_ you've been twice_ a wife_ and you're_ through_ with life_ Ah'but honey_ what the hell_ is it fo-or_ After twenty-three years__ you'd think_ I could find-nd a way_ to let you know_ somehow_-ow That I want to see your smiling face_ forty-five years_ from now__ Alone_ in the lights_ on stage_ every night_ I've been reaching out_ to find_ a frie-end__ 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_-o home_ with her for a drink or two_-wo_ 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 befo-ore_ You say_ you've been twice_ a wife_ and you're_ through_ with life_ Ah'but honey_ what the hell_ is it fo-or_ After twenty-three years__ you'd think_ I could find-nd a way_ to let you know_ somehow_-ow 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 befo-ore_ You say_ you've been twice_ a wife_ and you're_ through_ with life_ Ah'but honey_ what the hell_ is it fo-or_ After twenty-three years__ you'd think_ I could find-nd a way_ to let you know_ somehow_-ow That I want to see your smiling face_ forty-five years_ from now__ And yes I want to see your smiling face_ forty-five years_ from now_

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