Forty-One Summers

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Tucson sun and a desert sky, A little bar where you caught my eye. You were just sixteen, young and bright, One look and everything felt right. Eighty-five, what a year came through— A cap and gown, sweet Travis, and "I do." [Chorus] Oh Jill, my forever, my always, Through forty-one Summers of days. You gave up your dreams to hold mine tight, And loved me on through every night. Hope and courage, strength and grace, I still find heaven in your face. [Verse 2] You rode those horses wild and free, Then traded scholarships for me. But you went back and climbed so high— A degree, a master's, reaching sky. On a mountain ridge in old New York, Two pups, two horses, and hard work. [Chorus] Oh Jill, my forever, my always, Through forty-one Summers of days. You gave up your dreams to hold mine tight, And loved me on through every night. Hope and courage, strength and grace, I still find heaven in your face. [Bridge] We weathered storms that came our way, And still we stand here, come what may. Grateful for the miles we've crossed, For every dream and none was lost. [Verse 3] Now Arizona calls us home, Three loving pups, still more to roam. Grandkids laughing, trails to climb, Still hand in hand through all this time. Raise a glass to the years we've had, Happy birthday, my darling, my glad. [Chorus] Oh Jill, my forever, my always, Through forty-one Summers of days. You gave up your dreams to hold mine tight, And loved me on through every night. Hope and courage, strength and grace, I still find heaven in your face. [Verse 4] We chased our dreams through all these years, With faithful hearts through joy and tears. But there's still more beyond the view, More roads to ride, more dreams pursue. In our Corvette beneath the sky, Down country roads where sunsets lie. Still taking chances, hand in hand, Still living dreams just as we planned. [Outro] Forty-one years, and still I fall— Jill, you're the truest love of all.