All the Years I Haven't Lived

I never cared for photographs,

Or keeping souvenirs,

I always thought tomorrow

Was just another year.

Then you fell asleep beside me

With your hand across my chest,

And I found myself imagining

A thousand mornings left.

And for the first time in my life,

I wished the clocks would slow,

Not because I'm frightened

Of the places we might go...

But for all the years I haven't lived,

All the days I haven't seen,

All the little ordinary things That haven't happened yet to me.

I want the winter and the summer,

Every wrinkle, every kiss,

Darling, I can't wait to love you

Through the years I haven't lived.

I want to hear you laughing

When my hair has turned to white,

And argue

over nothing

While we're turning out the lights.

I want to lose my glasses,

Have you find them on my head,

And hear you say,

"Oh, Jesse,"

With that smile I've come to dread.

And if the world should change around us,

Let it change the way it will,

I don't need to know what's coming,

Only that you're with me still.

And if someday my hands start shaking,

If my voice won't reach the room,

I'll still know the words to tell you

When the evening comes too soon.

And if I forget the songs I sang,

The places I've been through,

I hope the last thing I remember

Is the way I looked at you.

For all the years I haven't lived,

Every sunrise still to come,

Every quiet little moment

When the day is nearly done.

Let the seasons turn around us,

Let the whole world carry on,

I'll be right here beside you

When the younger days are gone.

And if forever has a meaning,

If there's one thing I know is true,

All the years I haven't lived

Are the years I want with you.

(with you)

Every one of them...

With you.