Mel

We started out as high school sweethearts, young and wild and free

Chasing armadillos on our first date, just you and me

Then graduation came around, your daddy sealed our fate

Said we had to tie the knot or he’d break your dinner plate

Forty-one years of changes for this country girl and boy

Building up a lifetime and a house filled up with joy

Oh, Mel, you are a Godly man, so patient and so kind

The hardest worker and the greatest love I’ll ever find

Through the unanswered prayers and the amazing grace outpoured

As for our house, we will always serve the Lord

Happy sixtieth birthday, my partner and my friend

I’ll hold your hand until we reach our forever home, amen

I carried our firstborn boy, then our daughter came along

Sixteen months between them, making our family strong

We moved across the Texas plains, landing in the land of Oz

Leading them through scouting, guided by a higher cause

On our fifteenth anniversary, we stood there with our son

Taking the Order of the Arrow, looking back at what we'd done

Oh, Mel, you are a Godly man, so patient and so kind

The hardest worker and the greatest love I’ll ever find

Through the unanswered prayers and the amazing grace outpoured

As for our house, we will always serve the Lord

Happy sixtieth birthday, my partner and my friend

I’ll hold your hand until we reach our forever home, amen

We became empty nesters, holding hands into the light

Then Monkey helped you walk again after the scariest night

I thank the Keeper of the Stars for the years He's let us know

And your mom and dad were smiling down eleven years ago

From the gas fields to the church aisles, you follow in His sight

Standing as a deacon, leading us to what is right

From our very first grandson to the lovebug that we share

To the little firecracker with the bright red hair

Seven grandkids in this chapter, making all our skies so blue

You're so deeply understanding, a provider through and through

Every step that we have taken, God was leading all the way

I couldn't ask for a better partner as we celebrate today

'Cause Mel, you are a Godly man, so patient and so kind

The hardest worker and the greatest love I’ll ever find

Through the unanswered prayers and the amazing grace outpoured

As for our house, we will always serve the Lord

Happy sixtieth birthday, my partner and my friend

I’ll hold your hand until we reach our forever home, amen