Front-Row Seat

Front-Row Seat

An anniversary song · Songbond

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The story & lyrics

The story behind this song

She used to say sorry just for walking into rooms, like she owed the air an apology. Then came the night classes with the baby sleeping, textbooks spread across the kitchen table, the first time she said no and meant it — and he went and bragged to his brother about it. Now she walks in and the room sits up, and nobody's prouder than him.

Thirty years of front-row seats to someone becoming, brick by brick, braver than the girl he married. For the husband who's in awe of who she is now — and is already saving a seat for whoever she becomes next.

Lyrics

The girl I married whispered
The woman I love does not
You used to say sorry walking into rooms
Like you owed the air apology
Now you walk in and the room sits up
And nobody's prouder than me
Thirty years of front-row seats
To the show of you becoming
I watched you become, my love
Brick by brick and year by year
Braver than the girl I married
Surer than the day you got here
Some men miss who their wife was —
I'm in awe of who you are
Night classes with the baby sleeping
Textbooks on the kitchen table
First time you said no and meant it
I went and bragged to my brother
You kept outgrowing every ceiling
I just kept the coffee coming
I watched you become, my love
Brick by brick and year by year
Braver than the girl I married
Surer than the day you got here
Some men miss who their wife was —
I'm in awe of who you are
They ask me what the secret is
To thirty years of this
I tell them: marry someone growing
Then don't get in the way
I watched you become, my love
Brick by brick and year by year
Braver than the girl I married
Surer than the day you got here
Some men miss who their wife was —
I'm in awe of who you are
And whoever you become next
Save me the front-row seat

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