From the recording Missoula Maples
Written for my 25th wedding anniversary. It’s a love song—but not a fairy tale. It's about real stuff - hard days, grace, and the quiet strength of working through life together and still choosing each other every morning.
Lyrics
With a plan and a dream we loaded the car
But a nickel and a dime won’t get you to far
From where we sit can you see it dear
Now twenty five later just look at us here
Now there's a thousand things I would change
But a million more would stay the same
We could have not tried we could have just quit
Walked away said the hell with it
I should have done better had a little more grace
You picked me up when I lost my place
When we fall we fall together
When we fall we stand together
We built it up with love and care
luck and sweat and mountain air
Then planted it deep in Montana trees
With the five valley water and the maple leaves
Now there's a thousand things I would change
But a million more would stay the same
We could have not tried we could have just quit
Walked away said the hell with it
I should have done better had a little more grace
You picked me up when I lost my place
When we fall we fall together
When we fall we stand together
Now looking down from high above
On the ones who fall in and out of love
I thank the stars we’re who we are
That it was you and I in a beat up car