We Can Have All That

She stumbled in,

Somehow shook my ground.

Didn’t wanna change my world,

But everything turned around.

I’d been livin’ with half a heart,

Just gettin’ through each day—

’Til she caught my eye that night

And the truth got in my way.

A few years later, drivin’ down the road,

Wind in her hair, that California gold.

I was leavin’ again when she turned to me and said:

“If you can see a future without me,

And that don’t break your heart…

That’s how you know

You’re playin’ the right part.”

But those words cut clean through me,

Couldn’t shake ’em if I tried—

’Cause I wasn’t where I needed to be,

No… I needed to be by her side.

I was a mess, a man in between,

Wrappin’ my head around what I had

And where I wanted to be.

Told her one night in the midst of it all:

“All I know is I want you around… forever.

And a horse.

And my son.”

She answered simply,

“We can have all that.”

I know we can… I know we will.

Everything changed when she said—

“If you can see a future without me,

And that don’t break your heart…

That’s how you know

You’re playin’ the right part.”

But those words cut clean through me,

Couldn’t shake ’em if I tried—

’Cause I wasn’t where I needed to be,

No… I needed to be by her side.

All the years of just holdin’ on

To a life without much left…

I knew I had to change my course,

’Cause love was callin’ me back.

“If you can see a future without me,

And that don’t break your heart…

That’s how you know

You’re playin’ the right part.”

“All I know is I want you around… forever.

And a horse.

And my son.”

She answered simply,

“We can have all that.”