When you're standing at the altar

With the keeper of your heart

When he lifts your veil to kiss you

As the organ player starts

And when you takes his arm and you turn around

And down the aisle you run

Oh, I want to be the one



And when you call your husband over

To feel the baby kick inside

When his eyes light up with laughter

And his heart fills up with pride

And when you finally introduce him

To his daughter or his son

Oh, I want to be the one



I want to be the one who

Moves you like a lover

Who listens like a true friend

And knows you like no other

I want to be the one

Who acccepts your strangest thoughts

The one you can depend on

To overlook your faults

And as the summers come and go

In my heart of hearts, I know

I want to be the one



And when your grandkids catch old grandpa

Playfully pinch your behind

When they run giggling to their parents

'Bout how weird he acts sometimes

Hey, and rocking right there beside you

When you're eighty-five years young

Oh, I want to be the one



Oh, I want to be the one who

Moves you like a lover

Who listens like a true friend

And knows you like no other

I want to be the one

Who acccepts your strangest thoughts

The one you can depend on

To overlook your faults

And with your hair as white as snow

And your candle burning low

Oh, I want to be the one