Slow and Sure and True

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Anderson, South Carolina, where the story starts A campus full of music, but one radio played country songs They called me Country Joe back then, the only one who cared Fifty years of dropping the Joe, and still that name has stayed [Chorus] Oh Rachel, my forever, slow and sure and true I asked you once to marry me, took a month to hear your "I do" Through the thick and through the thin, we never came apart Thanks to the keeper of the stars who lit this stubborn heart [Verse 2] You never made a quick decision, took your careful time Taught the little ones their letters, gentle year on year Three daughters and their husbands, seven grandkids call your name The best Gee Gee that ever lived, they'll tell you just the same [Chorus] Oh Rachel, my forever, slow and sure and true I asked you once to marry me, took a month to hear your "I do" Through the thick and through the thin, we never came apart Thanks to the keeper of the stars who lit this stubborn heart [Bridge] You held me through the darkness, when the storm rolled in "God will provide," you told me, and you loved me through it again Opposites in every way, yet somehow we still fit [Verse 3] Born thirteen days apart in June, you the wiser one Fifty summers side by side, and oh, how far we've come For every quiet sacrifice, for grace when I fell short Rachel, I am blessed to call your steady love my home [Chorus] Oh Rachel, my forever, slow and sure and true I asked you once to marry me, took a month to hear your "I do" Through the thick and through the thin, we never came apart Thanks to the keeper of the stars who lit this stubborn heart [Outro] Fifty years, my darling, and still I'm holding you Thanks to the keeper of the stars, and thanks to loving you