The story behind this song
She takes her time at the mirror, fastening an earring, laughing before her own punchline the way she always has. Same perfume since the second date — it still stops him in the hall. At forty she doesn't ask the room's permission anymore; she pours the second glass, says exactly what she thinks, wears the dress she used to save for "someday soon."
He watched her grow into her own two hands and fell further every year. Every line around her eyes is a night they laughed too hard. For the wife who's surer than the girl he met and somehow twice as bright — and the husband who's the lucky one in the room tonight.
Lyrics
The party can wait for you
Same perfume since the second date — it stops me in the hall
You don't ask the room's permission anymore
You just walk in like you built the place
Baby, yours kept giving back
Surer than the girl I met, and twice as bright
Every line around your eyes is a night we laughed too hard
Forty looks good on you
And I'm the lucky one in the room tonight
You wear the dress you used to save for "someday soon"
I watched you grow into your own two hands
And I fell further every year
Baby, yours kept giving back
Surer than the girl I met, and twice as bright
Every line around your eyes is a night we laughed too hard
Forty looks good on you
And I'm the lucky one in the room tonight
But this — this is you arrived
Blow nothing out, baby
Let it all keep burning
Surer than the girl I met, and twice as bright
Every line around your eyes is a night we laughed too hard
Forty looks good on you
And I'm the lucky one in the room tonight
I'd wait forty more for you
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