23 Years

G C G C G C G Was it the aching of your wrists G C G Or just because of your weathered eyes G C Em Was it the shake in your clenching fists Am C G Or the hollow pass of time G C G Was it the aging of her hips G C C G Or the way that my mother always cried G C Em G Was it the taste of another's lips C C G For which you put down your fight G C G C G C G Had you forgotten her long white dress G C G How pretty she looked coming down the isle G Em G You asked her to love you and she said yes C D G And she loved you like a child G C G Had you forgotten those long hard days G C G Coming home to your lover most every night G Em She'd wait for you to step off of that train C D G She's been waiting all her life G C G C C Love is getting your hands dirty Em Love is bleeding all over each other C Love is sharing the same burden Em Am Am7 Am Em Love's not living, it's dying, it's dying together G Am Am7 Em G It's dying together G C G C G C G I feel the weight of her broken prayer A7 C G Twenty Three years pleading for your life G A7 Em Twenty Three years begging you to care A7 C G For your tired and lonely wife