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 woman I love does not
Like you owed the air apology
Now you walk in and the room sits up
And nobody's prouder than me
To the show of you becoming
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
Textbooks on the kitchen table
First time you said no and meant it
I went and bragged to my brother
I just kept the coffee coming
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
To thirty years of this
I tell them: marry someone growing
Then don't get in the way
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
Save me the front-row seat
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