Dan and Katherine

[Verse 1]
Snow is falling softly and the tree is shining bright
Cocoa on the stove and every window full of light
Every chair is taken, there's laughter down the hall
And it started with two young hearts who gave each other all

[Chorus]
You're the heart and soul of this family
The roots that hold up every branch on this tree
Dan and Katherine, sixty-seven years of love
Is the gift the whole Sheffer family's proudest of

[Verse 2]
Dan, the sixth of seven sons, learned to share and stand
A teacher and a coach with a whistle in his hand
Katherine led the school halls in her steady, gentle way
And she never draws a line around who gets to stay
In-laws, kids or grandkids, to her it's all the same
We're just family, every one, beneath the Sheffer name

[Chorus]
You're the heart and soul of this family
The roots that hold up every branch on this tree
Dan and Katherine, sixty-seven years of love
Is the gift the whole Sheffer family's proudest of

[Bridge]
So Chad, take your mama for a spin across the floor
More sons should dance with their mothers, that's what music's for
Then Dan cuts in smiling like he has for all these years
Not a dry eye in the house, just happy tears

[Verse 3]
Now the grandkids and the great-grandkids gather round your chair
With your wisdom in their pockets and your values everywhere
From Chad and from Tierney and every heart you've grown
Your love lives on in every child we call our own

[Chorus]
You're the heart and soul of this family
The roots that hold up every branch on this tree
Dan and Katherine, sixty-seven years of love
Is the gift the whole Sheffer family's proudest [Outro]
Merry Christmas to you both
You're the reason we come home