The Luckiest

After 22 years together i am still quite enamored with the fact that I hear songs and they make me think of you. New songs, old songs, songs of every genre. I still hear someone with "that tone in their voice" or sing "that perfect lyric" and feel compelled to share the song with you. Often I hear them and wish I was with you. I tend to hear them more often when I am not with you (maybe because you would never listen to "my" music) and often they make me either miss you more or feel like you are actually with me.

When I was in San Francisco last week I heard anothe one. This one by Ben Folds (he doesn't have the 5 anymore I guess). The song is hopelessly romanti. It is one of those "tells a story" kind of songs. It is a story of meeting, loving beyond imagination and leaving together. It is kind of "Notebook" like in a way. The best line is when he says "I love you more than I have ever found a way to say".

So here it is.

"The Luckiest" - Ben Folds

I don't get many things right the first time,
In fact i am told that a lot.
Now i know all the wrong turns ands tumbles and falls
Brought me here.
Now it was right before the day that i first saw your lovely face.
Now i see it everyday

And i know
That i am,
I am,
I am the luckiest.

What if i'd been born 50 year before you
In a house on the street where you live?
Maybe i'd be outside as you passed on your bike,
Would i know?
And then i'd see your eyes,
I'd see one pair that i'd recognize.

And i know
That i am,
I am,
I am the luckiest.

I love you more
Than i have ever found a way to say
To you.

Next door there's an old man
Who lived to his 90's
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away.
I'm sorry i know that's a strange way
To tell you that i know we belong.

That i know
That i am,
I am,
I am the luckiest.

Pretty good huh? You know he only has one thing wrong. He isn't the "luckiest". I am.

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.