John

I was just sixteen, you were eighteen then

At a parent-teacher conference is where it began

Just three months later, you asked for my hand

Folks shook their heads, they didn't understand

Twelve days after I turned eighteen

We said "I do" and we started our dream

They said we were young, said we'd never survive

But twenty-four years later, we're more than alive

John, you're my ride or die, my steady ground

The most faithful man that I've ever found

A hard-working protector with a heart of gold

Patient and loving as the years unfold

They said we'd never make it, but look at us do

I only want this life as long as I have you

I'll never forget the tears in your eyes

The moment you held our sweetest surprise

Watching you become a father that day

Holding little Shelby, time just melted away

You've always been the rock that our family leans on

Giving us your all from the dusk 'til the dawn

John, you're my ride or die, my steady ground

The most faithful man that I've ever found

A hard-working protector with a heart of gold

Patient and loving as the years unfold

They said we'd never make it, but look at us do

I only want this life as long as I have you

We built this love on a teenage prayer

Proving them wrong with the life that we share

Through every single season, whatever we go through

My heart is safe, 'cause it's guarded by you

John, you're my ride or die, my steady ground

The most faithful man that I've ever found

A hard-working protector with a heart of gold

Patient and loving as the years unfold

Twenty-four years, and our love is still new

I only want this life as long as I have you

Yeah, I only want this life as long as I have you