Years and Years of Love

Intro

Mmm-hmm… now let me tell you somethin’, fellas…

Love don’t always come with fireworks and shining lights…

Sometimes it starts with a car, a little ride after class…

And before you know it…

You got years and years together… four beautiful children…

And a love you can’t replace.

A lifetime… a lifetime of love…

Verse

Gene had that ol’ car hummin’, headin’ straight to TSU,

(Rose and Gail in the baaaack…)

Laughin’, talkin’, dreamin’, like young hearts always do.

(I was walkin’, tryin’ to clear my mind…)

When Gene saw me downtown, said,

“Brother jump on in, we got time…”

Jump on in… ride with us, my friend…

Dropped the ladies off, and we were jokin’ down the lane,

I said, “Gene, you sweet on one of them girls?”

He just smiled—didn’t have to say a thing.

Something in the air that night…

Love was ridin’ in that car… so right…

Chorus

Years and years of loooove,

(Four children sent from above…)

All from a ride back hoooome,

(Now we never walk alone…)

Every twist, every turn,

(Two hearts had so much to learn…)

But together we grew so strong—

Yes this love’s been here all alo-o-ong.

Verse

Now Larry and Gail went to school together,

But never crossed each other’s way…

Loveliness showed up fashionably late,

When TSU came callin’ one day.

Mmm-hmm… loveliness…

Gail and Gene shared French and Math,

Biology in the mornin’ glow…

While Rose and Gail worked Herman Hospital,

Pushin’ through those nights so slow.

Workin’ hard… dreamin’ big…

Gene was down at Ben Taub,

Supplyin’ floors and holdin’ dreams…

Then Felix came to visit campus—

Gail and Rose walked in the scene.

Hey there, Gene… we know that smile…

They found out Gene had a car—

And baby, that plan took off in style.

Rides to class, rides to work,

Lunch breaks with Willie Hall…

One day drivin’ downtown, they saw Larry walkin’ alone—

Pulled over, he hopped in…

And that ride took Gail right home.

Chorus

Years and years of loooove,

(Four children sent from above…)

All from a ride back hoooome,

(From that moment love was grown…)

Every twist, every turn,

(Two hearts had a lot to learn…)

Still together we stayed so strong—

Yes this love’s been here all alo-o-ong.

Verse

Gail and Rose been rollin’ tight

Since their junior high school days…

Ooooh they were sisters in every way…

Met Gene at TSU—smartest brother in the place…

Smartest brother… mmm yes he waa-as…

One day Rose got sick, Mom saw Felix in the hall,

Realized they were cousins—baby, that explained it all.