When the New Wears Off

Church bells ring with a rose petal shower

Standing in our finest hour

Walk and talk with you beside me, and me beside you

First new home and our first dog together

Setting in for life's weather

Days go by, we begin to find that the new wears off

Years roll on and the paint on the house fades

Dogs get old and children move away

With lines in our faces, gray in our hair, the new wears off

You were so beautiful back then

I could never imagine how beautiful you would be by now

When the new wears off of a house and a car

Nothing's gonna change the way I feel in my heart

And if time stood still for a million years

My love for you would only go that far

So let the new wear off

I never knew a man who would wish away his life

But I think of all the times that we've had

Those still to come when the new wears off

You're so beautiful right now

I could never imagine how beautiful you will be someday

When the new wears off of a house and a car

Nothing's gonna change the way I feel in my heart

And if time stood still for a million years

My love for you would only go that far

So let the new wear off