Always Wanted, Always You

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Same old streets and maple trees, Summer rec at Lincoln, scraped up knees, Our mamas, Jeanine and Tina, best of friends, Laughing on the porch till the daylight ends, I was your paperboy on my morning route, Left it in your storm door so it'd never blow out. [Chorus] 'Cause you were always wanted, girl, Through every mile and every year, I let you go, then the good Lord turned the world, And brought you right back here, Denise, you're the song I'm singing, The one I'll always hold so near. [Verse 2] Years apart through Ridgewood, Eastridge High, Then California under wide blue sky, We left in '73, your folks came in '78, You were in tenth grade, I was twenty, and we couldn't wait, But young hearts drift like tumbleweeds, We raised our families, planted separate seeds. [Chorus] 'Cause you were always wanted, girl, Through every mile and every year, I let you go, then the good Lord turned the world, And brought you right back here, Denise, you're the song I'm singing, The one I'll always hold so near. [Bridge] Thirty long years rolled on by, Then one look and I knew why, They played "Wanted" when we said I do, Every word was me and you. [Verse 3] You got this old boy eating right, Walking with you in the evening light, You call me Studmuffin with a grin, And I'd live it all again, Your heart for your children shines so true, Now your girl's dreaming of a baby too. [Chorus] 'Cause you were always wanted, girl, Through every mile and every year, We'll pray a little one will bless our world, And I'll be standing right here, Denise, you're the song I'm singing, The one I'll always hold so near. [Outro] From that storm door to forever, Darling, you were always wanted here.