Your Blue Eyes and the Open Skies

2007, a drive-in screen Summer air and Grease in between I thought you loved that movie scene For ten whole years you let me believe Turns out you were just loving me More than Danny Zooco ever could Pre-Chorus Backseat laughter, headlights low I didn’t know then what I know Some loves burn fast and fade away Ours just chose to stay Chorus Lonney, with your blue-sky eyes Strong as the pines and twice as wise You hold the world steady in your hands Top up the tank, check where I stand You’re tough as steel, but warm as June My safest place in every room Eighteen years and counting on Forever feels so right, so long With you beside me, I belong Verse 2 You work so hard, you always provide Never loud, but never hide You believe I can touch the stars Even when I forget who I am You never cry, you never scare But when I was sick, you whispered prayers And I saw the only thing you fear Was losing me from here Pre-Chorus You lift the weight before I try Fix the truck before I drive Air in the tires, gas tank full Your quiet love is powerful Chorus Lonney, with your hunter’s heart Solitary soul, but never apart You guard my world like sacred land Calloused palms, the gentlest hands You’re manly, steady, fiercely true But oh, how tender you can be too Eighteen years and counting on Through every dusk and every dawn With you beside me, I belong Bridge January cold, a registry door You said, “Let’s make it forever” — nothing more Then out to the country, family waiting there I was the only one unaware They said it was crazy — maybe it was But perfect looks a lot like us No grand white dress, no grand parade Just vows in the quiet we always made New Verse (Truck & Music) Windows down on a backroad drive My music shaking the whole inside I’m off-key loud, don’t care at all You just grin and raise the volume dial I say, “Sorry,” you say, “Sing it proud — I wanna hear you, sing it louder now.” You don’t just listen — you let me be The wild, loud, dreaming me Soft Breakdown Clover sweet and Tundra loud Spirit and Maple, our little proud (I swear that cat has your same stare Your “biological son” with fur to spare) You stand with me while I watch birds fly Even if it’s just for my bright eyes And that might be the truest thing Of what real love means Final Chorus (Bigger) Lonney, with your blue-sky eyes Cabin dreams and open skies Simple life and wooded peace Where time is slow and worries cease You’re my strength, my laugh, my flame My shelter when the wild winds came Eighteen years and counting on Still choosing you like day chooses dawn We never needed vows to prove What every mile already knew With you beside me, strong and free Forever feels like home to me Outro So turn it up and let me sing Every off-key, reckless thing If you’re the one who’s listening I’ll always sing for you