Summer of 96

Met in the summer of '96

Brown hair

Brown eyes

Sunburned lips

Levis dirt on the knees

Dirt on your shirt

That "No Fear" logo

My whole world blurred

Two-stroke smoke in the hot summer air

Heart wide open

Just standing there

Thought to myself in that fading light

"This could be the rest of my life"

Love at first sight in a dusty field

Thought it was a moment

Turned out it was real

Thirty years later and you're still my girl

Same old smile

Whole new world

Three little daughters running through our yard

Tiny bare feet and big soft hearts

Every day older

Every day stronger

Love keeps running

Running longer

Friday nights

Gravel roads and gas

Laughing so hard we forgot the past

You in my hoodie when the rain came down

Plans in the cab of a beat-up brown truck

Talking 'bout houses we couldn't afford

Naming kids we hadn't even prayed for

Didn't know how

But we both knew why

Side by side 'til the day we die

We got bills on the fridge

Crayons on the wall

Dance in the kitchen

When the night feels small

You take my hand

Like that first summer

I still see '96

Every time you catch my eye