[Verse 1] Back in New York City… early sixties glow… A sailor in the Navy… and a girl with dreams to go… She was chasin’ skies so blue… wanted wings to fly away… “Fly the friendly skies,” she’d smile… that was gonna be her way… [Verse 2] He saw her in that city… lights shinin’ in her eyes… Two worlds came together… like stars up in the sky… From the streets of New York… to a love that would stay strong… They built a life together… where our roots would all belong… [Chorus] Eighty-one years… still the heart of our home… Through every road traveled… we never walked alone… From Ohio fields… to Pennsylvania ground… You gave us love… the kind that don’t back down… Time keeps on rollin’… but one thing’s true… We are who we are… because of you… [Verse 3] May eighth, nineteen sixty-five… you got married that day… Then came a couple babies… about three years away… May seventh, nineteen sixty seven… brought you your first… One year later… a May twenty ninth birth… [Chorus] Eighty-one years… still the heart of our home… Through every road traveled… we never walked alone… From small-town dreams… to the life you grew… Every mile we’ve walked… started with you… Time keeps on rollin’… like an old country song… And every note sang… is a story life long… [Bridge] The years keep turnin’… like pages in a book… And every story line… is worth a second look… From New York lights… you gave away… Too feelin’ that love… every single day… [Final Chorus] Eighty-one years… your light still shines… Through every generation… through all of time… From a New York dream… to this family tree… You built a life… that will live in me… [Outro] So here’s to you… on this April day… Another year of memories… we put away… I love you Mom… more than words can say… Happy birthday to you… on your special day…
