There Goes My Man

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Back when the world was younger than we knew, I'd catch a glimpse of you across the room. Kept my secret quiet as a prayer, "There goes my man," I'd think but wouldn't dare. I tried to send you off with someone new, Never once confessing it was you. [Chorus] Then you told me plain, "It's you I'm after, Girl, you've never seemed to see." Two months later, rings and laughter, You gave your whole heart to me. Thirty-six Novembers deep and true, Every one of them with you. [Verse 2] You took a mama and her girl inside, A challenging road, but you stayed by our side. That daughter grew so tender and so strong, And little Houston came to sing our song. A grandson's laugh, a family we made, Built on the vows and promises we prayed. [Chorus] Then you told me plain, "It's you I'm after, Girl, you've never seemed to see." Two months later, rings and laughter, You gave your whole heart to me. Thirty-six Novembers deep and true, Every one of them with you. [Bridge] Twelve long years you've weathered the storm, Your faith held steady, your hands stayed warm. Leaning on the Lord and holding on, Watie Hall, you're my unshaken dawn. [Verse 3] You're hanging in there, brave and unafraid, For all the family that our love has made. I'd choose you over, over every time, The nicest man that ever became mine. Watie, through the valley and the light, You're still my man each morning, every night. [Chorus] So I'll tell you plain, "It's you I'm after, And now, at last, you see." All these years of tears and laughter, You gave your whole heart to me. [Outro] There goes my man, I'll always say, Watie Hall, my heart, my stay.