Rita

You were only thirteen, I was just sixteen

But I looked in your eyes and saw my whole dream

You were scared of the shadows on the street all alone

So I made it my mission just to walk you back home

We stopped by the tree right outside your front door

That very first kiss left me wanting you more

Yeah, I knew it right then, I was caught in your spell

The love of my life, I could already tell

Oh, Rita, with those beautiful brown eyes

You're the brightest star in my evening skies

With your patient soul and your loving heart

I knew you were the one right from the start

Thirty-seven years later, and the feeling remains

Through all of the seasons, the joy, and the pain

You're still my forever, my beautiful wife

The undisputed love of my life

I still think of that performance of "Joy and Pain"

And the way your love anchors me through the strain

I watch how you fight, how you never give up

With a caring embrace that overflows my cup

Your beautiful smile makes the shadows retreat

Every moment with you makes my journey complete

So I got on one knee when you turned fifty years old

To give you a promise, a future to hold

Oh, Rita, with those beautiful brown eyes

You're the brightest star in my evening skies

With your patient soul and your loving heart

I knew you were the one right from the start

Thirty-seven years later, and the feeling remains

Through all of the seasons, the joy, and the pain

You're still my forever, my beautiful wife

The undisputed love of my life

April seventeenth, twenty-twenty-six

The day that our ultimate promise is fixed

From a teenage dream to my beautiful bride

I'll be standing forever right by your side

You're the strength in my soul, you're the peace in my mind

The rarest of loves that a man could ever find

Oh, Rita, with those beautiful brown eyes

You're the brightest star in my evening skies

With your patient soul and your loving heart

I knew you were the one right from the start

Thirty-seven years later, and the feeling remains

Through all of the seasons, the joy, and the pain

You're still my forever, my beautiful wife

The undisputed love of my life