# FORTY-SEVEN YEARS ### [Verse 1 — Male] I used to wonder where you went When the nights got long and cold, If you ever thought about me, If you ever heard our old songs. I learned to live without the answer, Learned to leave the past alone, But there were nights I'd see your shadow On every road that led me home. ### [Verse 2 — Female] I used to speak your name in silence When there was nobody around, Then I learned to stop believing In the things that can't be found. I built a life from what was given, I found laughter, I found tears, But some part of me kept listening For a voice across the years. ### [Pre-Chorus — Alternating] **Male:** Maybe time was never healing— **Female:** Maybe we just learned to hide— **Male:** All the things we couldn't answer— **Female:** All the words we kept inside. ### [Chorus — Together] Forty-seven years between us, Forty-seven years gone by, So many roads we never traveled, So many nights we wondered why. We can't go back and change the story, Can't reclaim the vanished years, But you're standing here beside me— And love survived Forty-seven years. ### [Verse 3 — Male/Female Alternating] **Male:** I don't look the way I remember— **Female:** Neither do I, and that's alright. **Male:** There are silver lines between us— **Female:** But I still know you in this light. **Male:** We were young enough for forever— **Female:** Too young to know what forever meant. **Male:** Maybe life became the distance— **Female:** Maybe love is what remained. ### [Pre-Chorus — Together] We had other roads to follow, Other hands we had to hold, Other lives that made us who we are Before they brought us home. ### [Chorus — Together] Forty-seven years between us, Forty-seven years gone by, So many roads we never traveled, So many nights we wondered why. We can't go back and change the story, Can't reclaim the vanished years, But you're standing here beside me— And love survived Forty-seven years. ### [Bridge — Female] I don't want the girl I used to be, I wouldn't trade the life I've known. ### [Bridge — Male] And I don't want to steal the yesterday That made us who we've grown. ### [Bridge — Together] So don't promise me forever. We've already learned what time can do. Just give me whatever days are left— And I'll spend them here with you. ### [Final Chorus — Together] Forty-seven years behind us, And tonight they're finally gone, We can't rewrite where we've been, But we can choose where we go on. Let the old roads keep their secrets, Let the past keep all its tears, You're standing here beside me— And that's enough For forty-seven years. ### [Outro]
