Cliff

I spent thirty-seven years just looking at the door

Wondering what this heart of mine was really beating for

Then I turned the corner down on Waverley Street

And the missing piece of me was standing at my feet

Cliff, you brought a gentle kind of grace

And put a lasting smile upon my face

I waited thirty-seven years for you to come along

And for forty-three years, you’ve been my favorite song

So patient and so loving, my shelter from the start

You are the quiet storm inside my heart

I still feel the magic of that evening in the dark

When we shared our very first kiss down in Sunset Park

From two young lovers to the legacy we’ve grown

With our one beautiful son, we built a home

Now the grandchildren laugh, and a great-grandchild smiles

We’ve walked this road together across the miles

I waited thirty-seven years for you to come along

And for forty-three years, you’ve been my favorite song

So patient and so loving, my shelter from the start

You are the quiet storm inside my heart

Your patience is a river, steady and so deep

Your love is the promise I will always keep

Through every passing decade, through the fading of the light

Waking up beside you makes everything alright

I waited thirty-seven years for you to come along

And for forty-three years, you’ve been my favorite song

So patient and so loving, my shelter from the start

You are the quiet storm inside my heart

Oh, Cliff, my only one

Forty-three years of love, and we've only just begun