Lyrics to My Years With You

I've spent enough of this life learning
What matters and what don't
What a man can live without
And what he knows he won't
I've watched the years go flying by
And lost a few along the way
So I don't throw around forever
Like it's just another word to say
I may have found you late in life
But I found you right on time
Whatever mornings I've got left
Baby, they're yours and mine
'Cause I want my years with you
However many I get
The good ones when we're laughing
The hard ones we ain't seen yet
I want the ordinary Tuesdays
That the rest of the world would lose
The kitchen light still burning
While I'm holding onto you
Don't know how long forever is
But I know what I'm gonna do
With every year I'm given
I want my years with you
I want to learn the little things
That only decades teach us
Which side of the bed you steal
The things you cannot reach
What makes you leave the room mad
What makes you turn around
If I'm still on your nerves at eighty
I'll know we figured it out
I want a thousand nothing-special nights
That turn to something more
Your shoes kicked off beside mine
Just inside the kitchen door
I want family filling up the house
Then leaving us a mess
You looking 'round and smiling
While I swear I'll clean the rest
I want to watch the young ones grow
And see who they become
Watch little hands turn into lives
And wonder where the time has gone
Then when the house gets quiet
Like all full houses do
I want the last voice that I hear
At night to still be you
'Cause I want my years with you
However many I get
The good ones when we're laughing
The hard ones we ain't seen yet
I want the ordinary Tuesdays
That the rest of the world would lose
The kitchen light still burning
While I'm holding onto you
Don't know how long forever is
But I know what I'm gonna do
With every year I'm given
I want my years with you
And if I'm lucky enough
To grow old there beside you
There's one thing I hope you know
If you ever wondered
Whether I knew what I had
I did
I do
I always will
Yeah, I want my years with you
Not just the easy ones
Give me the years that change us
And the ones that leave their mark
Give me your hand when we're older
And getting up takes time
I'll still find ways to make you laugh
And you'll still make me smile
And if one day one of us
Has to say goodbye first
I hope the one who's left behind
Knows just what this was worth
'Cause of all the ways
I could've spent this life of mine
The best years I was given
Were the ones you called me yours
And I called you mine
I want my years with you
Every one they'll give me
My years
With you
However many I get