Do you remember me, old friend?
It was oh so many years ago.
I was young and handsome, and on the move,
But these are things that you already know.

I was always so full of myself,
Always looking out for number one.
I was determined to head out west,
To have my day in the sun.

Life is funny, wouldn’t you say,
Teaching lessons with each passing day.
We can’t really take ourselves too seriously,
And we can’t be too impressed with who we’ve come to be.

It wasn’t long after we parted,
That I got married and settled down,
Had a mortgage and some kids,
In our small and quaint Pacific Northwest town.

I was never happy, I’m sad to say,
Marriage never had a chance, the way that we played.
But the vows say you stay, and that we did,
Until the children that I fathered were no longer kids.

It was never easy to make the break,
After eighteen years, there’s a lot at stake,
But I was determined to start again,
At the end of my old life is where I would begin.

You knew her too, back in the day,
She was perfect for me in every way.
Straight black hair and a smile on her face,
The way that I left her was my disgrace.

I had come to expect there was nothing good for me,
But God knew I had been waiting patiently,
So He stood by my side as I searched desperately,
For the woman that I wanted for eternity.

It is so hard to believe, my old friend,
That it’s been over ten years we’ve been together again.
And it has been no great surprise to me,
How we’ve meshed our lives so perfectly.

To have your love is the greatest gift,
I am securely anchored, no longer adrift,
I am absolutely convinced that we’re nowhere near done,
And that the best days of our lives are yet to come.

So lay back down in that fresh field of hay,
And let’s just be at peace for the rest of our days.
We’ll live longer, I am sure, because we are together,
Now that there is no more unpleasantness to weather.