[Verse 1] January fifth, nineteen eighty-eight Your birthday brought me to the Woodshed that night I saw you there and knew I had to say hello But my hands were cold, and my courage moving slow I worried what to say, how you might reply Then I crossed the room and met your smiling eyes We talked, we laughed, played darts awhile Your birthday brought the world my favorite smile [Chorus] Annie, it might have been your birthday but you were my present that night. The thought I carried home till morning light I couldn't sleep, just wondered when I'd get to see your face again And every year since, my heart still knows You are the best thing this life has ever chose [Verse 2] You came over for the Super Bowl with my friends You won them over before the first quarter's end You picked Denver; I said Washington would win We laughed and talked as the game rolled on again Forty-two to ten, the Broncos took the day You called it right, and I had to say Though Buffalo's still chasing that old dream I won my Super Bowl when you chose me [Chorus] Annie, it might have been your birthday but you were my present that night. The thought I carried home till morning light I couldn't sleep, just wondered when I'd get to see your face again And every year since, my heart still knows You are the best thing this life has ever chose [Verse 3] October twenty-seventh, nineteen-ninety, we said, “I do” Built a life on Altair, side by side with you Room by room, we made a home with our own hands Then watched our family grow beyond our plans Nick is thirty now, Katie's twenty-seven So many cherished moments I still hold close to me And when you give your time at church, your kindness carries through Annie, all the good we've made begins and ends with you [Bridge] The scoreboard fades, the years roll by But I still see you there, and still know why A birthday, a dart game, one brave hello Started the sweetest road I've ever known [Final Chorus] Annie, it might have been your birthday but you were my present, my heart, my family, my home Wherever this road may go, we'll never walk alone From that birthday night to the life we made You're the sweetest gift I've ever received The Bills may still be chasing their dream But I won my Super Bowl when you chose me [Outro] Happy anniversary, Annie, my love, my best friend You were my present then—and you are again
