I Still Do

Verse

Well, it started on Lover’s Lane, just a small-town street,

She was headed to babysit, almost sixteen and sweet.

He drove by with a double take, long hair, smile so true,

Daddy said no, but her heart said yes,

And Momma let Buddy come through.

Chorus

Fifty years later, they’re still going strong ,

Through the joy and the tears, love’s been the song.

From Suffolk skies to the life they made new,

Every day they choose to say, I still do.

Verse

By seventeen they married, a brand-new life begun.

August of ’75, with forever in her eyes,

they welcomed two beautiful babies in the years to come,

And with every challenge. Buddy whispered, It’s gonna be alright.

Chorus

Fifty years later, they’re still going strong,

Through the joy and the tears, love’s been the song.

When the weight of the world made the skies turn blue,

Buddy talked her through, saying I still choose you.

Bridge

She’s traveled the world, but home is anywhere that Buddy is.

Horace Alvin Derrick Jr.—the man she’s always known.

He’s her steady, he’s her fire, and her best friend too,

Some folks had doubted, but their love’s the living proof.

Chorus

Fifty years later, they’re still going strong,

Through the sunshine and the rain, love’s been the song.

From that first look on Lover’s Lane, love only grew—

Shelby and Buddy, forever, you still do.