Every Age

[Verse 1]

She was seventeen

Sun on her hair in that corner café

Stirring sugar in a chipped white cup

Saying, "maybe I'll leave this town someday"

In her twenties

I watched her walk the aisle in lace

Laughing as her veil caught on the door

"I trip when I'm happy," she said, hiding her face

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She’s been loved forever

From shy first glance to silver dawn

Every year, another page

Same old song keeps rolling on

Every season, every change

Every line upon her skin

She’s been loved forever

And I’d choose her all again

[Verse 2]

In her thirties

Crayons on walls, toys on the stair

She'd fall asleep with a book in her hand

Cookie crumbs still tangled in her hair

In her forties

Office lights and late-night calls

She’d kick off heels, dance in the fridge glow

Jazz on the radio, phone off the wall

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[Bridge]

In her fifties

She learned to sleep past dawn

Booked the trip she’d always circled

Came back with stories and a sunburned yawn

In her sixties

She stopped asking, "Is it too late?"

Paint on her hands, dirt on her knees

Said, "I finally learned to love my own face"

In her seventies

Soft scarf, strong eyes, steady hand

She laughs when her memories tangle

Says, "I never thought the years could feel this grand"

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[Outro]

Now the candles crowd the table

Names and faces blur and blend

She leans in close, whispers, "promise"

I say, "I’ll be here at the end"

She was seventeen, she is everything

Every age we ever were

She’s been loved forever

And forever’s still with her