My Beautiful, Caring Wife

Intro

oh-oh, ah

soft breath, soft laugh, yeah

Verse

You fold my tired mornings into gentle light

You sing my small defeats into something bright (yeah)

Your hands are maps I learned by touch and by sight

You stitch the quiet corners and make them right

Coffee on your lips, a crooked smile, a little fight

You chase the heavy clouds away with one good night

Pre-chorus

When I forget the words, you write the lines for me (write for me)

When my compass spins, you are steady, sure and free (steady)

You carry days like lanterns, keep them close and warm

You are the simple weather when the storm comes on

Chorus

My beautiful, caring wife — my morning, my midnight (my night)

My beautiful, caring wife — you keep my compass right (keep it right)

My beautiful, caring wife — I sing it loud, I sing it soft (oh-oh)

My beautiful, caring wife — you are the place I come home to, always, always

My beautiful, caring wife — you are the place I come home to, always, always (yeah)

Verse

There’s a laugh you give that makes the room forgive the day

There’s a way you hold the small things, like they matter in every way (in every way)

You read me like a favorite book, cover to cover, page by page

You are the steady weather that turns my turning into stay

In the drawer of our mornings, your notes keep me brave

You hum a crooked chorus while you fold our laundry, ah

Pre-chorus

You keep the map of our mistakes and paint them gold (paint them gold)

You turn the worn-out songs into stories that we hold (hold)

If I lose my language, you teach me how to say

All the little promises that keep us brave each day

Chorus

My beautiful, caring wife — my morning, my midnight (my night)

My beautiful, caring wife — you keep my compass right (keep it right)

My beautiful, caring wife — I sing it loud, I sing it soft (oh-oh)

My beautiful, caring wife — you are the place I come home to, always, always

My beautiful, caring wife — you are the place I come home to, always, always (yeah)

Bridge

Stay with me, stay with me, hand in hand, slow and near (stay, stay)

Hum the little tune we know, la-la-love, do you hear? (do you hear?)

When the noise is roaring, you are small and clear —

You are the map, the light, the reason I'm still here

Chorus

My beautiful, caring wife — my morning, my midnight (my night)

My beautiful, caring wife — you keep my compass right (keep it right)

My beautiful, caring wife — I sing it loud, I sing it soft (oh-oh)

My beautiful, caring wife — you are the place I come home to, always, always

My beautiful, caring wife — you are the place I come home to, always, always (yeah)

Outro

Always, always (always, always)

Oh-oh, oh-oh, la-la-love