You Can Do Better

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Two lives that both had stories told, Some chapters new and some grown old, At 49 and 57 years, We came with laughter, came with tears. A mutual friend, a name, a chance, It wasn't quite a first-date dance. [Chorus] Oh Patrick, you showed me love is real, The kind of steady heart you feel. Those blue eyes looking straight at me, "I know that you can do better," said he. From that first night we knew was true, There's no one, love, that I'd choose but you. [Verse 2] It started as an interview, The things I'd take, the things I'd do, We laughed so loud they showed us out, And that's the love I'd dream about. June eleventh set us free, Six years of vows, eleven of we. [Chorus] Oh Patrick, you showed me love is real, The kind of steady heart you feel. Those blue eyes looking straight at me, "I know that you can do better," said he. From that first night we knew was true, There's no one, love, that I'd choose but you. [Bridge] A whispered word, a gentle hand, You calm my storm, you understand. You took my family as your own, No sweeter grace have I ever known. [Verse 3] Three weeks of roads and never bored, Just joy and gratitude outpoured, A brand new start, a memory kept, The love I'd waited for and wept. At 56 I finally knew, What real love was — and it was you. [Chorus] Oh Patrick, you showed me love is real, The kind of steady heart you feel. Those blue eyes looking straight at me, "I know that you can do better," said he. From that first night we knew was true, There's no one, love, that I'd choose but you. [Outro] So here's to us, forever new, My whole heart, Patrick, beats for you.