A Shuffle of Cards (52!)

I told my baby I would love her past the end of days I said “If you’ll give me the time I can show you how I count the ways My love is bigger than the number of shuffles in this here deck of cards It may not look impressive but with the proper perspective this deck shows how our love can reach the stars" “You see, if every different shuffle you could make took only one second I could build you a bridge to the sun but I’d have to pace myself, I reckon I’d wait a billion years to take just one step on my journey 'cause every moment with you adds something wonderful and new There’s so many things I’m still learning” "With every shuffle I’d find another way that you blow my mind" There are numbers so large that we can’t comprehend We couldn’t count that high before the world will end So I can prove my love is bigger than every possible shuffle of cards I’ll go on an epic journey to show you how lucky we are "When I’ve circled the whole equator I’ll stop by the deepest ocean scoop up a single drop of water and then wait to continue the walking motion" "When the Pacific is empty I’ll lay a sheet of paper down refill the wide ocean blue and prove again that the world is round Once the paper has stacked from the Earth all the way to the sun my love for you will still be far from done" "You see that single stack of paper Is just a fraction of how much I care I’d do it a thousand times and only be a third of the way there" "Every second I’d whisper something new that I love about you" There are numbers so large that we can’t comprehend We couldn’t count that high before the world will end So I can prove my love is bigger than every possible shuffle of cards I’d go on a cosmic adventure and bring you back a piece of our star "So in the time remaining my love can reshape the face of the earth Every second of this kerfuffle brings another unique shuffle an opportunity to proclaim your worth" "Every billion years we’ll get together for a high stakes game of cards Deal me 5 face down for stud poker and lend me a little of your good charm ‘Cause each time I get a royal flush I’ll buy a ticket for the lottery And when I win the grand jackpot I know you’ll be so proud of me" "I’ll hop a train for Arizona take a solitary grain of sand throw it deep into the Grand Canyon 'til it’s as flat as the surrounding land" "Then I’d climb to the top of Mount Everest chip off just one single ounce of stone empty the Grand Canyon and do it all again I’d level that mountain before you’d ever feel alone" "But despite it all you’d still be shuffling away That deck of cards still hides new combinations and stories to play" "So I’d have to replace that mountain and wait for the next poker game to begin 'Cause to reach the end of that deck of cards I’d do it two-hundred fifty-six times again" There are numbers so large that we can’t comprehend We couldn’t count that high before the world will end So I can prove my love is bigger than every possible shuffle of cards So let's hold each other close and appreciate being right where we are "So I will thank every last glimmering star that we drew each other in life’s great shuffle of cards"