Pamala Stanley So Many Years lyrics

MY FATHER SITS QUIET AND STILL
A SMILE GENTLY CROSSING HIS FACE
A FAR AWAY LOOK COMES INTO HIS EYES
AS HE GAZES SURENELY INTO SPACE

THEN HE TURNS AND LOOKS ACROSS THE ROOM
TO THE ONE WHO SHARED HIS FATE
SUCH A LADY HE'S ALWAYS LOVED
AND ASKED TO BE HIS MATE

SO MANY YEARS OF LOVING HER
HAS LEFT IT'S MARK ON HIS LIFE
AND HE THANKS HER NOW AND FOR ALL TIME
FOR BECOMING HIS WIFE

THEN HE THINKS BACK TO THE DAYS

WHEN NEITHER KNEW WHAT LIFE HAD IN STORE
SO YOUNG AND LOVELY SHE ANSWERE HIS KNOCK
AS SHE GAME GENTLY OPENED THE DOOR

THE LOOK IN HER EYES BURNED DEEP IN HIS SOUL
HE KNEW HE HAD NO CHANCE FROM THE START
SUCH A SMILE SHE HAD ON HER FACE
CAPTURED FOREVER HIS HEART

SO MANY YEARS OF LOVING HER
HAS LEFT IT'S MARK ON HIS LIFE
AND HE THANKS HER NOW AND FOR ALL TIME
FOR BECOMING HIS WIFE