~ Walking Her Home ~

Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date
The night he came to call

And her dad said, "Son, have her home on time"
"And promise me you’ll never leave her side"
He took her to a show in town
And he was ten feet off the ground

He was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh, the way she smiled
It stole the breath right out of him
Down that old road
With the stars up above
He remembers where he was
The night he fell in love
He was walking her home

Ten more years and a waiting room
At half past one
So when the doctor said
"Come in and meet your son"
His knees went weak
When he saw his wife
She was smiling as she said
"He’s got your eyes"
And as she slept he held her tight
His mind went back to that first night

He was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh, the way she smiled
It stole the breath right out of him
Down that old road
With the stars up above
He remembers where he was
The night he fell in love
He was walking her home

He walked her through
The best days of her life
Sixty years together
And he never left her side

A nursing home
At eighty-five
And her doctor said
"It could be her last night"
And the nurse said
"Oh, should we tell him now
Or should he wait
Until the morning to find out"
When they checked her room that night
He was laying by her side

Oh, he was walking her home
And holding her hand
Oh, the way she smiled
When he said
"This is not the end"
And just for a while
They were eighteen
And she was still more beautiful
To him than anything
He was walking her home
He was walking her home

Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date
The night he came to call . . .

Performed by
Mark Schultz

© Denim & Lace 2007