[Verse 1] It's your birthday in the morning But you're heading off to work While the pulled pork keeps on cooking I've been trusted with the job You go take care of the morning I'll keep watch on things at home Later friends will fill the house But for now it's quiet and slow And I know another birthday Doesn't thrill you like before You look at all those passing years And maybe wish there weren't more But when I look at you today That's not what I see I see the woman I've been loving For more than twenty-five years with me [Pre-Chorus] And if the years are on your mind There's something you should know I wouldn't trade the road behind us And I'm not ready to let go [Chorus] Happy birthday, my love Don't let the number bring you down Time has changed a thousand things But I still want you around More than twenty-five years together And I'd choose them all again Every laugh and every hard day Every now and every then Happy birthday, my love There's one thing I know is true I loved you then I love you now And I'm not done loving you [Verse 2] By this afternoon you're home And before too long they'll come There'll be glasses, food and stories And probably too much of some They'll discover all that pulled pork I've been guarding with my life Which is quite a lot of pressure For a man who loves his wife There'll be talking in the kitchen Someone laughing down the hall Someone telling the same old story Like we haven't heard it all And somewhere in the middle Of the happy, noisy room I'll catch your eye for just a second Like I always seem to do [Chorus] Happy birthday, my love Don't let the number bring you down Time has changed a thousand things But I still want you around More than twenty-five years together And I'd choose them all again Every laugh and every hard day Every now and every then Happy birthday, my love There's one thing I know is true I loved you then I love you now And I'm not done loving you [Verse 3] We've been younger here together We've watched a lot of years go by We've made plans that worked out perfectly And some we shouldn't even try We've had ordinary Mondays We've had nights we won't forget We've had arguments and laughter And we're somehow not done yet And that's the part I want you To remember most today Getting older doesn't mean The best of us has gone away I don't need the girl from years ago Or some picture from before I love the woman here beside me And I want a whole lot more [Bridge] I want more ordinary mornings More dinners running late More places we haven't been yet More plans we haven't made More laughing in the kitchen More evenings just us two More times I get to turn around And find myself with you More birthdays you complain about While I refuse to understand Why another year could ever change The way I hold your hand We've had more than twenty-five years And look how far we've come But if you think that's long enough I'm nowhere near done [Final Chorus] Happy birthday, my love Let another year begin You don't have to love the number Just the life we're living in More than twenty-five years together And I'd choose them all again Every crazy little chapter Every place that we have been Happy birthday, my love And whatever years may do Every road that's waiting for me I still want to walk with you I loved you then I love you now And when another year is through If I get to choose Where I want to be I'll still be there with you [Outro] So happy birthday, my love Go finish work Come home Our friends will be here later And don't worry I've got the pulled pork ... I've checked it at least fourteen times [End]
