Don

[Verse 1]
Two young Marines with grease-stained hands,
At Parris Island shaping ranks.
Drill Instructors, proud and true,
Six months in, we said "I do."
Fifty years since that first vow,
And Don, my heart still beats for you.

[Chorus]
Through the storm and through the fight,
You've been my wind, my guiding light.
Faith held strong and love stayed true,
Half a lifetime, me and you.
An angel walking by my side—
Don, you're my world, my joy, my life.

[Verse 2]
Okinawa, war and rain,
You carried me beneath the plane.
Cross-country roads, the open sky,
Sandbridge summers rolling by.
Reunions call us every year,
With Barb and all the friends we hold dear.

[Chorus]
Through the storm and through the fight,
You've been my wind, my guiding light.
Faith held strong and love stayed true,
Half a lifetime, me and you.
An angel walking by my side—
Don, you're my world, my joy, my life.

[Bridge]
Christian, Dana, Michael grown,
Fifteen grands—our Dylan first,
Five little greats to call our own,
A legacy that God has blessed.

[Verse 3]
You love the wood, the grill, the game,
Old Clemson orange, the Corps, His name.
And when I count the years gone by,
It's love and faith that never die.
Whatever comes, we'll stand and see—
You're still the only one for me.

[Chorus]
Through the storm and through the fight,
You've been my wind, my guiding light.
Faith held strong and love stayed true,
Half a lifetime, me and you.
An angel walking by my side—
Don, you're my world, my joy, my life.

[Outro]
Fifty years, and still I'd choose
This same sweet road right back to you.