Thirty Years

Thirty years ago, today, we agreed

Best friends and lovers, we would always be

In front of Reverend Love, I took your name

Vowing to love you through good times and pain

We had it all figured out, the perfect plan

Retiring early, traveling the land

We’d stash away money, live like fat cats

Just work a few more years, then enjoy that

Somehow the Universe didn’t agree

That this would be the path of our journey

A mighty big detour around the bend

Had us rethinking our life plan again

Along came our kids, kept us on the go

That it’d be this way, we’d never have known

Soon a busy life with three girls, four boys

Bringing lots of pain and our greatest joy

Now some new names, Papa and Granny Jo

We wear them proudly, who’d ever have known?

With four grand babes, number five on the way

Yes, our life right now is pretty damn great

Through all we’ve been through, you’re still by my side

Whatever’s in store, I’m down for the ride

Happy anniversary, my best friend

If I could go back, I’d do it again