For Life from Pop by Michael Yates

It was everything we need,
With nothing guaranteed,
And more than fantasy that fades away.
We lived it through the years,
So many souvenirs,
I wouldn't have it any other way.
And oh my love, when I look in your eyes,
It makes me wonder all the while,
That oh, how they speak to me in a smile.

There never seemed a day,
We ever had to say,
That anything we had was make believe.
What helps it all survive,
Just simple compromise,
We always gave each other room to breathe.
And all those times when I looked in your eyes,
You made me feel just like a child,
Cos oh, how they'd comfort me in a smile.

Taking it slow, watching it ebb and flow
Like an acorn to a mighty oak just let it grow.
Look in our eyes, now that we're old and wise,
Still unresigned to the passage of time, how it flies
When we are friends and are lovers for life.

And all these years that I've looked in your eyes
I always new I'd come to realise,
That oh, love can speak to you in a smile.

Taking it slow, watching it ebb and flow
Like an acorn to a mighty oak just let it grow.
Look in our eyes, now that we're old and wise,
Still unresigned to the passage of time, how it flies
When we are friends and are lovers for life.
For Life.

• Choral
• Classical
• Misc
• Orchestral
• Pop
• Leeds