Love Like Football

Met you in a crowded bar with all our friends around

Tall man in a bright red shirt,

green eyes looking down

Adjusting that white cap,

keeping quiet, playing cool

Never let your feelings show,

that was your golden rule

Two kids and a big dog,

a house with creaky floors

A million projects we begun behind these wooden doors

You still collect your trading cards and watch the Sunday game

But a quiet family day beats all of it the same

And you make me laugh with those terrible jokes

Like comparing your love for me to your football folks

But I still remember that morning call

When you said "I love you" Yeah,

you're my best friend through the high and the low

We can talk into the dark and say just what we mean

You're the calmest presence that I have ever seen

He don't wear his heart on his sleeve for everyone to find

But he loves so deeply,

the steady, constant kind

And you make me laugh with those terrible jokes

Like comparing your love for me to your football folks

But I still remember that morning call When you said "I love

you"

Yeah, you're my best friend through the high and the low

Still my best friend

(mmmmm) Still the one