I NEVER WOULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS SONG
NEVER LEARNED TO PLAY THE GUITAR
IF I NEVER WOULD HAVE LOVED YOU
OR WONDER WHERE YOU ARE
I MIGHT NEVER HAD MY LITTLE BOY
MIGHT NEVER HAD BEEN A DAD
THERE WAS SO MUCH JOY
THAT COMES OUTTA FEELIN SAD
IF I HAD NEVER LOVED YOU
I WOULDN’T HAVE THIS BROKEN HEART
I WOULDN’T BE SITTIN HERE
GETTIN DRUNK IN THIS OLD BAR
IF I HAD NEVER LOVED YOU
WOULDN’T HAVE THIS BROKEN HEART
WOULDN’T BE SITTIN HERE
GETTING DRUNK IN THIS OLD BAR
STRIKIN OUT IN BASEBALL GAMES
AND DROPPIN AN INFIELD FLY
HOLDIN ON TO MY LITTLE MAN
WHEN I KNEW HE HAD TO CRY
I PULLED OUT MY POCKET KNIFE
TO COMMEMORATE THIS DAY
CARVED THIS BIG OLD HEART
AND WHAT I FELT THAT DAY
(REPEAT CHORUS)
NOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN
BENEATH THIS SHADY TREE
I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
YOUR STILL IN LOVE WITH ME
EVERY YEAR WE COME BACK HERE
TO GET BACK TO THE START
IT’S OUR CONSTANT REMINDER
OF WHAT’S INSIDE THE HEART
(REPEAT CHORUS)