Longer (from our wedding August 7, 1982)

Dear Yvette,

Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean

Higher than any bird ever flew

Longer than there’ve been stars up in the heavens

I’ve been in love with you.

I’ll bring fires in the winters

You’ll send showers in the springs

We'll fly through the falls and summers

With love on our wings.
Through the years as the fire starts to mellow

Burning lines in the book of our lives

Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow

I’ll be in love with you.
Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean

Higher than any bird ever flew

Longer than there’ve been stars up in the heaven

I’ve been in love with you

I am in love with you.
(Originally recorded by Dan Fogleberg)

Forever,

D