Charlton

[Verse 1]
Some moments stay inside the heart
No matter where we roam
The salt air and the restless sky
The waves against the stone
I was twenty-three on a windswept cliff
One look, and I was home

[Chorus]
So here's to us, here's to the years
Here's to the love that found its way
Through every mile and all the tears
Back to this golden day
Charlton, I'm grateful for you
My hero, my forever true

[Verse 2]
You were tall and thirty-seven
California coast so bright
But you had to go, and life rolled on
Like ships into the night
Forty-two long years would pass
Before you came back into sight

[Chorus]
So here's to us, here's to the years
Here's to the love that found its way
Through every mile and all the tears
Back to this golden day
Charlton, I'm grateful for you
My hero, my forever true

[Bridge]
Who knew the wind would bring you back
Across a lifetime's winding road
Who knew that love could wait so long
And still have so much left to hold

[Verse 3]
Father, husband, pilot in the sky
Creative, capable, and true
You left all the rubber on the road
In everything you'd do
The most interesting man in the world
And I get to grow old with you

[Chorus]
So here's to us, here's to the years
Here's to new beginnings, too
Through every mile and all the tears
That cliff still led me to you
Charlton Stanley, my love, my own
With you I'm finally home

[Outro]
The wind still whispers on that coast
Of all we came to be
Here's to golden years ahead
Forever you and me