(Mickey Cates)



They married back in forty-two

They were young and love was new

And every day that feeling grew

Between the two of them

When work grew scarce and times got bad

The hope would chase away the sad

And hope was sometimes all they had

Between the two of them



The fifties came and the sixties went

A mortgage note replaced the rent

And they made the most of each day spent

Between the two of them

The children all turned out just fine

He retired in sixty-nine

Left with oh so little time

Between the two of them



Today I braved the graveyard rain

And placed a rose between their names

Now that's the most that ever came

Between the two of them

Oh I miss them both so much

His crooked smile her gentle touch

And the pleasure of just growing up

Between the two of them