Timothy Joseph “TJ”

We started with a message on a Facebook screen

Then I drove out to Clarksville, Ohio

You treated me like gold, Timothy Joseph

But a promise got broken, and I had to let you go

Back in two-thousand-fourteen, we went our own ways

But my heart never really forgot those days

'Cause TJ, you're the one who calms my anxious mind

Fiercely protective, leaving my worries behind

You love me for me, through the good and the bad

The absolute best friend that I've ever had

I'm thanking the stars for the story we've told

'Cause you are the man I want when I grow old

August thirtieth, we found our spark again

B&B Riverboats with your mom and her man

I stayed a few nights, and the past washed away

In Tennessee we married on an October day

I stood there in love, so proud as your wife

The most beautiful moment of my whole life

'Cause TJ, you're the one who calms my anxious mind

Fiercely protective, leaving my worries behind

You love me for me, through the good and the bad

The absolute best friend that I've ever had

I'm thanking the stars for the story we've told

'Cause you are the man I want when I grow old

Then March came around and tore the paper in two

A divorce that neither of us wanted to do

But a legal decree cannot change how I feel

Since December we're talking, and this fire is real

I still wish I was wearing your ring on my hand

You're my lover, my partner, my safe place to land

'Cause TJ, you're the one who calms my anxious mind

Fiercely protective, leaving my worries behind

You love me for me, through the good and the bad

The absolute best friend that I've ever had

I wanna thank you for the story we've told

'Cause you are the man I want when I grow old

Yeah, Timothy Joseph, you're my hand to hold

And you are the one I want when I grow old