Forty-Five Years

Where the Earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone
And the sea and the sky are one
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine
And I'm running naked in the sun
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees
And the sky is a painful blue
I'd like to look around, but honey, all I see is you

Now the summer city lights will soften the night 'til you think that the air is clear
And I'm sitting with with friends, where 45 cents will buy another glass of beer
He's got something to say but I'm so far away that I don't know who I'm talking to
'Cause you just walked in the door, and honey, all I see is you

And I just wanna hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
Ah but honey, what the hell's it for?
After 23 years you'd think I could find a way to let you know somehow
That I wanna see your smilin' face 45 years from now

So alone in the lights on stage every night I've been reachin out to find a friend
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard and knows how all the stories end
Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go home with her for a drink or two
Now her smile lights her eyes, but honey, all I see is you

And I just wanna hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
Ah but honey what the hell's it for?
After 23 years you'd think I could find a way to let you know somehow
That I wanna see your smilin' face 45 years from now

I just wanna hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life
Ah but honey, what the hell's it for?
After 23 years you'd think I could find a way to let you know somehow
That I wanna see your smilin' face 45 years from now

Yes I wanna see your smilin' face 45 years from now