The story behind this song
The best man stood up, looked at the index cards in his hand, and put them back in his pocket. Twenty years of friendship doesn't fit on cards anyway — the borrowed lawnmower that never came back to the shed, the road trip where the map flew out the window, the night his friend first said her name and grinned like he'd been let in on the sun.
So the toast comes out sung, laughing the room through the verses and then telling the truth plainly at the end. For the friend who knows nobody will remember the speeches, but the whole room will stand up when the chorus hits.
Lyrics
Then I tore it up and brought this instead
That never found its way back to my shed
I rode a thousand miles in your bad weather
Lost the map out the window, drove ahead
This part you'll want to hear
'Cause paper couldn't hold what I have seen
You found the one who laughs before the punchline lands
So lift your glass — this is everything I mean
You grinned like you'd been let in on the sun
You burned the toast, you learned to dance in secret
I watched you practice — buddy, now it's done
This part you'll want to hear
'Cause paper couldn't hold what I have seen
You found the one who laughs before the punchline lands
So lift your glass — this is everything I mean
Tell them some fool sang it better than he talked
Tell them the whole room stood up when the chorus hit
And nobody remembers what the speeches said
'Cause paper couldn't hold what I have seen
You found the one who laughs before the punchline lands
So lift your glass — this is everything I mean
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