Don

We were just kids when our eyes finally met

On that stairwell at school, a day I won't forget

We grew up together, through the sunshine and rain

Forty-two years of marriage, the joy and the pain

We laughed through the seasons, we built up a home

And I never felt like I was walking alone

Don, you're my first, and you will be my last

No matter the shadows that fall in the past

Through the ups and the downs, and the tears that I've cried

Through the hurt that I felt, I can't push it aside

You're my one true love when the day is all done

My true soulmate, you will always be the one

You always stood tall, keeping us safe from the storm

A protective heart, keeping this family warm

Look at our two grown sons, and the men they've become

Three grandchildren running around in the sun

You’re a true family man, always making us smile

With a joke and a laugh that could stretch for a mile

Don, you're my first, and you will be my last

No matter the shadows that fall in the past

Through the ups and the downs, and the tears that I've cried

Through the hurt that I felt, I can't push it aside

You're my one true love when the day is all done

My true soulmate, you will always be the one

Even though things are different, and we've had to part

You still hold the keys to the rooms of my heart

Though the title of husband has shifted away

The bond that we forged isn't starting to fray

Don, you're my first, and you will be my last

No matter the shadows that fall in the past

Through the ups and the downs, and the tears that I've cried

Through the hurt that I felt, I can't push it aside

You're my one true love when the day is all done

My true soulmate, you will always be the one