My Years With You

I've spent enough of this life learning

What matters and what don't

What a man can live without

And what he knows he won't

I've watched the years go flying by

And lost a few along the way

So I don't throw around forever

Like it's just another word to say

I may have found you late in life

But I found you right on time

Whatever mornings I've got left

Baby, they're yours and mine

'Cause I want my years with you

However many I get

The good ones when we're laughing

The hard ones we ain't seen yet

I want the ordinary Tuesdays

That the rest of the world would lose

The kitchen light still burning

While I'm holding onto you

Don't know how long forever is

But I know what I'm gonna do

With every year I'm given

I want my years with you

I want to learn the little things

That only decades teach us

Which side of the bed you steal

The things you cannot reach

What makes you leave the room mad

What makes you turn around

If I'm still on your nerves at eighty

I'll know we figured it out

I want a thousand nothing-special nights

That turn to something more

Your shoes kicked off beside mine

Just inside the kitchen door

I want family filling up the house

Then leaving us a mess

You looking 'round and smiling

While I swear I'll clean the rest

I want to watch the young ones grow

And see who they become

Watch little hands turn into lives

And wonder where the time has gone

Then when the house gets quiet

Like all full houses do

I want the last voice that I hear

At night to still be you

'Cause I want my years with you

However many I get

The good ones when we're laughing

The hard ones we ain't seen yet

I want the ordinary Tuesdays

That the rest of the world would lose

The kitchen light still burning

While I'm holding onto you

Don't know how long forever is

But I know what I'm gonna do

With every year I'm given

I want my years with you

And if I'm lucky enough

To grow old there beside you

There's one thing I hope you know

If you ever wondered

Whether I knew what I had

I did

I do

I always will

Yeah, I want my years with you

Not just the easy ones

Give me the years that change us

And the ones that leave their mark

Give me your hand when we're older

And getting up takes time

I'll still find ways to make you laugh

And you'll still make me smile

And if one day one of us

Has to say goodbye first

I hope the one who's left behind

Knows just what this was worth

'Cause of all the ways

I could've spent this life of mine

The best years I was given

Were the ones you called me yours

And I called you mine

I want my years with you

Every one they'll give me

My years

With you

However many I get