Tom

[Verse 1]
Some roads run crooked, some roads run wide
Some hearts get scattered on the tide
But I still kept a boy's face in my mind
From a summer that we left behind

[Chorus]
It's the way you love me, strong and slow
Like the tide that always knows where to go
Thirty years apart couldn't break the thread
Of every word we never said
Now I wake up grateful every day
For the way you love me, Tom, the way you stay

[Verse 2]
You went off to Vietnam in green
I stayed behind with my books and dreams
Life wrote chapters we didn't plan
Other vows, another hand
Then fate came knocking on my door
And there you were, the boy from before

[Chorus]
It's the way you love me, strong and slow
Like the tide that always knows where to go
Thirty years apart couldn't break the thread
Of every word we never said
Now I wake up grateful every day
For the way you love me, Tom, the way you stay

[Bridge]
We didn't waste a single day
Married months after, come what may
We healed the years we couldn't share
Found love still waiting there

[Verse 3]
We traced the world from shore to shore
Till the ocean called us to its door
Now the salt wind silvers both our hair
Your hand still reaching for me there
We're old now, but the fire's still true
Tom, I'm still that girl in love with you

[Chorus]
It's the way you love me, strong and slow
Like the tide that always knows where to go
Every scar and every mile we came
Only led me back to your name
Now I wake up grateful every day
For the way you love me, Tom, the way you stay

[Outro]
Waves roll in and the sun goes down
Your love's the only home I've found