Fifty Years by the River

Lyrics

[Verse 1] It was a September morning, young and unafraid, By the river's edge where all our memories were made. The water kept on flowing, and so did we, One glance across that campus, and I knew, you were for me. [Chorus] Oh, Mary Pat, my whole life through, Fifty years I've spent in love with you. Through every city, every song we'd sing, You're the joy, the grace, the everything. [Verse 2] We packed up ten towns' worth of dreams and started new, But wherever the road went, my heart followed you. You sang like the angels, your voice so sweet and clear, Your little students loved you, year on golden year. [Chorus] Oh, Mary Pat, my whole life through, Fifty years I've spent in love with you. Through every city, every song we'd sing, You're the joy, the grace, the everything. [Bridge] When the storm came calling, you never let it win, Your faith stood like a mountain, and the light shone from within. Beautiful in body, beautiful in soul, Giving all you had to make the rest of us feel whole. [Verse 3] You think of others always, put yourself behind, The kindest, gentlest heart that I could ever find. So here's to all the mornings, and the years to come, By the river where it started, you will always be my home. [Chorus] Oh, Mary Pat, my whole life through, Fifty years I've spent in love with you. Through every city, every song we'd sing, You're the joy, the grace, the everything. [Outro] By the water, hand in hand, Still in love, still where we began.