Nothing lasts forever
Except you and me
That's the way it always goes
Let's take a look see
First is your beauty
So pretty it hurts to turn away
Dessert to the eyes
Each time I see you
To myself I say
You are so special
A woman deluxe
You've got what it takes
I'm the one in luck
More than that is what's inside
Who it is you are
A savvy, saucy, stylish girl
A lady, a star
Filled with tenderness
A twinkle in your eyes
Composed and diplomatic
But can cut one down to size
And loving
Ooh, with each caress
I go on a voyage
And yes it is the best
Nothing lasts forever
Except you and me
Together is the operative word
You and me

The week begins
He sits at his desk
Dreaming of where he should be
On a train somewhere to someplace new
Or one of those hotels on the water in Tahiti
But instead he tries to encourage himself
Another day making bread
That’s been his life for so many years
It’s called getting ahead
He won’t grumble, he’ll just tumble
Will make the most of this day
A masterpiece as best he can
There’s nothing in his way

Nothing beats the feeling of falling in love
That emotion thick as honey
That tiny apartment with the lemon tree outside
Where we started
Skinny dipping at the river
Sparks that built a fire
When you don’t expect it
Hope makes it happen
Your paths simply cross one day
You even love their faults
You walk along streets of gold
Hearing angels sing
Thunderstruck by a bolt of love
It’s the passion, the humor, the tenderness

The cold distance between the couple as they drive over the bridge
Is evident
Their relationship crumbling
A closet full of skeletons
A house of pain
Which is why they stopped trying
There are kids involved
Property to divide
Trust is gone
He lied
About the secretary and the affair
How he spent the money
There is no love to spare
Intimacy has departed
They ride in silence
It’s gone wrong
So very wrong

Somewhere between bitter and sweet
Where the moon greets the sun
In the thicket of the tall grass maze
Such is love when finding its way
Unsure how it will end
Losing yourself into someone else
You bend and bond
And graze on the touches, the kisses, the asides
When it works, oh boy,
Will it be golden moments?
Or golden memories?
So delicate is love
And the chase that leads to it
Braiding the bond
Braiding the bond of love

I'm looking in the rear view mirror
See me catch that high fly ball
I walk the river with a lover
Steal a kiss at the waterfall
Life was a high five when it was way back when
Then reality started chasing me
But I run fast, my friend

Life is a series of moments
Of people places and things
Of memories that last forever
Back when I was the king of nonchalance
When I had everything
Most notably my freedom
When she was still my queen

They were better than good times
The best of all there is
A living breathing fortress of love
Picture this
Her and me
Laughing, smiling faces
Always on the run
We lived in that present perfect
Then we were done in by enclosing shadows
Winds we could not control
She married someone else
I lost her, that old soul

So into the rear view mirror I sit and gaze
I doing fine I'm proud to say
Were those better days?
I'll never know, not as long as I have each today
There's still a long road ahead
And it's a brand new day

Her story is his story
Fusion comes to mind
Two lives lived for the other
Love combined
They fit, two aces
Working at it day by day
Aligned together
Above the daily fray
Nothing they cannot surmount
They've got hopes and dreams
And realistic expectations
It is what it seems
Good times filled with purpose
Worthwhile how their time is spent
Natural and easy, magnificent
His story is her story
Real and filled with heaven's scent
One nods the head in appreciation
That what they have is meant to inspire
To make brighter each day
And to encourage the rest of us
So that we each can say
My story is her story
Her story is mine
Love is what we share in it
And how we are defined.