Pamala Stanley: Music and Lyrics

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DADDY ALWAYS WROTE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL POEMS TO MY MOTHER THROUGHOUT THERE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. HE WROTE THIS POEM FOR THERE 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND I JUST HAD TO WRITE MUSIC FOR IT. IT WAS SO TOUCHING. I CHANGED JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS SO I COULD SING IT IN THE FIRST PERSON.

SO MANY YEARS

MY FATHER SITS QUIET AND STILL

A SMILE GENTLY CROSSING HIS FACE

A FAR AWAY LOOK COMES INTO HIS EYES

AS HE GAZES SURENELY INTO SPACE

THEN HE TURNS AND LOOKS ACROSS THE ROOM

TO THE ONE WHO SHARED HIS FATE

SUCH A LADY HE’S ALWAYS LOVED

AND ASKED TO BE HIS MATE

SO MANY YEARS OF LOVING HER

HAS LEFT IT’S MARK ON HIS LIFE

AND HE THANKS HER NOW AND FOR ALL TIME

FOR BECOMING HIS WIFE

THEN HE THINKS BACK TO THE DAYS

WHEN NEITHER KNEW WHAT LIFE HAD IN STORE

SO YOUNG AND LOVELY SHE ANSWERE HIS KNOCK

AS SHE GAME GENTLY OPENED THE DOOR

THE LOOK IN HER EYES BURNED DEEP IN HIS SOUL

HE KNEW HE HAD NO CHANCE FROM THE START

SUCH A SMILE SHE HAD ON HER FACE

CAPTURED FOREVER HIS HEART

SO MANY YEARS OF LOVING HER

HAS LEFT IT’S MARK ON HIS LIFE

AND HE THANKS HER NOW AND FOR ALL TIME

FOR BECOMING HIS WIFE