Your Mama's Kitchen

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Two new kids in a hallway line, Sixth grade morning, autumn light, You never noticed me back then, Just quiet glances, now and again. Then came senior fall, and everything turned— A slow-burning flame that finally learned. [Chorus] And oh, what a life we made, Through every storm that came our way, Hand in hand we found our song, Fifty-six years and going strong. You're my forever, my whole design— Kathy, my love, my valentine. [Verse 2] A Saturday in sixty-seven, Your mama's kitchen felt like heaven, Then hundreds of miles kept us apart, Two years of longing in my heart. We married young in our college days, And built a home from a thousand ways. [Chorus] And oh, what a life we made, Through every storm that came our way, Hand in hand we found our song, Fifty-six years and going strong. You're my forever, my whole design— Kathy, my love, my valentine. [Bridge] Long dirty-blonde hair in the morning sun, Singing "leaving on a jet plane" as the day begun, Three little blessings, a team so true— Every good thing in my life is you. [Verse 3] Nineteen-eighty brought our first, Then two more hearts to love and nurse, We celebrated, we held on tight, Carried each other through the night. If I could do it all again, I wouldn't change a thing, my friend. [Chorus] And oh, what a life we made, Through every storm that came our way, Hand in hand we found our song, Kathy, we're still going strong. You're my forever, my whole design— My love, my life, forever mine. [Outro] So here's to us and all we've grown, The greatest legacy I've known. Kathy, my darling, still my one— Our story's only just begun.