Ten

In health and in sickness In health and in sickness In joy and in sorrow In joy and in sorrow As long as we both shall live As long as we both shall live Called you at ten just to check in And wish you, my love, happy birthday And I know that it's late and you're out with your friends Does 23 feel any different? Then I hear you get quiet and then I hear you lean in You look like your dad but you sound like a kid And you said you were tired, still you throw me a quip Say, "The candles still beat the alternative" We are getting so old Caught my eyes in the action Of sinking into their sockets again Called you at ten just to check in Said I'd be late, so go on to bed And our hair had gone gray and our memories thin So I wasn't surprised to find you like this So I straightened you out and I drew the curtains And kissed you goodbye in the ambulance In the glow of the night, I leaned down to your head To ask, "Does it feel any different?" We are getting so old Caught my eyes in the action Of sinking into their sockets again We are getting so old Caught my eyes in the action Of sinking into their sockets again Goodbye to the birds and the bees and the trees And your truck and the way that you lift with your knees And goodbye to your rockets, the king of the sky How we lit 'em off quick just to watch the things fly And goodbye to the times that we sat on your porch Smoking weed in the spring, the sun and her scorch And goodbye to your eyes and the way that ours met Now they're probably glued to the back of your head And goodbye