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Per request, a love song to my wife. Just for a bonus challenge, I decided to write it without actually using the word "love".

Good morning, since you're standing
Would you top off my coffee cup
You've got bed hair, I've got no hair
You brew coffee better, but I was the first one up

I hear the children screming, but I'm dreaming
That there's no one here but me and you
I was just thinking 'bout when your winking
Was more than a game you played with the littlest two

If we sit across the table
I'm sure they'll be a moment that we recognize
The young look that we once saw in each other's eyes

If there were some way for us to get away
Everyone would see how I feel about you
You can believe me, you can see me
I will hold your hand when you're feeling blue

If we sit across the table
They'll be no way that we can ever disguise
The way we feel about each other, from the other's eyes

There's a simple answer to any problem
But it's not always so simple to see
If we can just keep holding on
Then we can hold on forever,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, to you and me

End of the day, everything is ok
As long as we can just talk quietly
We can look at each other, forget we're father and mother
We can be the couple that we still want to be

When we sit across the table
We don't have to ask questions, no who, what, or why
We just know all the answers to have, from each other's eyes

There the light that never goes out, in each other's eyes

Ask and ye shall receive ...

Good morning, since you’re standing
Would you top off my coffee cup?
You’ve got bed hair, but I’ve got no hair
You brew coffee better, but I was the first one up.

Love the everydayness of your opening verse. Puts you right in the scene, immediatto .

If we sit across the table
I’m sure they’ll be a moment that we recognize
The young look that we once saw, in each other’s eyes.

I know this didn't come out of the blue because I've experienced it. This, too:

If we sit across the table
They’ll be no way that we can ever disguise
The way we feel about each other, from the other’s eyes

The wisdom of an older person:

There’s a simple answer to any problem
But it’s not always so simple to see.

We can look at each other, forget we’re father and mother
We can be the couple that we want to be.

Yep... gotta hold onto it, if the relationship is to last, healthily.

The beauty and patina of a long-term relationship :

When we sit across the table
We don’t have to ask questions, no who, what, or why’s
We just know all the answers to have, from each other’s eyes.

There’s the light that never goes out, in each other’s eyes.

Well, Mr. Johnny on the Spot ~ you go, Big Guy! Lovey, dovey, sweety, sappy, hopey ~ the beginning of the new Love Dwarfs. "A love song without using the word love" ~ now who do I know who said that ? Hint: Not Leonard .

Speaking of a mood piece... you did a grand job! Thanks . The challenge of the couple with family. Yep.

I wanna be on your songwriting team ~ perhaps, another, Event activity I'll transcribe and edit .


Love,
Lizzay

Lizzay - So glad you liked it! I loves to write!

John K.

Hey... wanna see some cool serendipity?

Your lines, written today:

There’s a simple answer to any problem
But it’s not always so simple to see.
If we can just keep holding on
Then we can hold on forever,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, to you and me.

Signature lines at the bottom of the email inviting me to the Event that I'd like to attend tonite; but, as the day goes on, well, you know how that can be... anyway:

"No problem is ever solved
in the same consciousness
that was used to create it."
--Einstein

He also had some clues on "forever," too .

Here's the other quote at the bottom of her email:

When necessary the heavens
will not stand in the way of humans.
The result of past actions can be lifted
future causes and conditions can be created.

--Nguyen Du,
from The Energy of Prayer by Thich Nhat Hanh

Enjoyed your new song, yes... another one to play in Toronto .

Thanks, again for the other half of a thought... and thanks, again, for your birthday wishes !


Love,
Lizzay