[Intro]

[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] Nordstrom lights gild polished floors Freehold’s ghost behind those doors Your name blazed bright on a plastic tag Shalon — I had to ask I said “Are you Jewish?” smooth as stone You smiled like I’d dethroned the unknown That silly line, so small and plain Rewrote the story of my name [Pre-Chorus] From Big Macs and shaky jokes To late-night hush and hidden hopes Between the friend and the burning flame My whole wide world rearranged [Chorus] Oh Shalon, my promised one Before the vows, before the ring was done Upside down in my parents’ garage I swore “Someday you’ll be my bride” April seventeenth, ‘99 You said yes and made my world align Through the fire and through the grace I love you more with every day [Verse 2] Your laugh tangled in the checkout hum I’d linger close just to hear it come You’d sneak me fries when the manager turned My quiet heart began to burn We’d walk the mall till the lights went low Talked of faith and the roads we’d go I knew then, beneath the fluorescent glow This was the one I’d never let go [Pre-Chorus] From Big Macs and shaky jokes To late-night hush and hidden hopes Between the friend and the burning flame My whole wide world rearranged [Chorus] Oh Shalon, my promised one Before the vows, before the ring was done Upside down in my parents’ garage I swore “Someday you’ll be my bride” April seventeenth, ‘99 You said yes and made my world align Through the fire and through the grace I love you more with every day [Bridge] You are steady when I wander You are brave when I am torn You are fire, you are water You are shelter in the storm Mother fierce and heart so wide Grace and grit stand side by side Every year I love you more Than the year I did before [Chorus] Oh Shalon, my promised one Before the vows, before the ring was done Upside down in my parents’ garage I swore “Someday you’ll be my bride” April seventeenth, ‘99 You said yes and made my world align Through the fire and through the grace I love you more with every day [Outro] I fall in love with you each day I fall in love with you each day