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'd think that the air is clear
And I'm sitting with friends, where forty-five 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 want to 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 twenty-three years, you'd think I could find
A way to let you know somehow
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now

So alone in the lights on stage every night
I've been reaching 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 want to 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 twenty-three years, you'd think I could find
A way to let you know somehow
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now

I just want to 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 twenty-three years, you'd think I could find
A way to let you know somehow
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now
Yes, I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now