Michael

Four years of tests, baby, we took the fall

Lost everything we had, but we didn't lose it all

You moved hours away where you knew no one

Just to be by my side when the damage was done

When I had no choice but to live in my car

You gave me sweet compliments, told me I'm a star

Two years without a home, Charlie and Capone in the ride

Michael, you never left my side

You're my crazy, stubborn Cuban, my little poon-poon

With a beautiful smile that lights up the room

You protect my heart when the world gets cold

You're the only hand I ever want to hold

Through the hardest nights and the longest days

I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life, always

Riding shotgun on midnight drives to Willmar

On a highway in the middle of nowhere, just following a car

Making up our own songs, singing in the truck

Laughing through the tears when we were down on our luck

You helped me at work when you were dead on your feet

Then woke up with coffee, making morning complete

And I'll never forget trumpet practice in bed

Those hilarious notes echoing in my head

I held you close when you cried for your mom

And wept with you, baby, when your father passed on

Your love for them shows the good man that you are

You carry their memory, and you carry my heart

Remember Thanksgiving on the porch with no heat?

Sharing our last bowl of oatmeal, huddled up in the seat

Waking up in the truck to a sunrise by the lake

There's no other journey I'd ever want to take

'Cause you're my crazy, stubborn Cuban, my little poon-poon

With a beautiful smile that lights up the room

You protect my heart when the world gets cold

You're the only hand I ever want to hold

Through the hardest nights and the longest days

I'm gonna love you for the rest of my life, always