Walking Her Home

<p>Looking back, he sees it all<br/>It was her first date the night he came to call<br/>And her dad said &quot;Son, have her home on time, and promise me you&#x27;ll never leave her side.&quot;<br/>He took her to a show in town<br/>And he was ten feet off the ground<br/><br/>(Chorus)<br/>He was walking her home, holding her hand<br/>Oh the way she smiled, it stole the breath right out of him<br/>Down that old road, with the stars up above<br/>He remembers where he was the night he fell in love<br/>He was walking her home<br/>Ten more years, in a waiting room<br/>And half-past one, was when the doctor said<br/>&quot;Come in and meet your son.&quot;<br/>And his knees went weak, when he saw his wife<br/>She was smiling as she said &quot;He&#x27;s got your eyes.&quot;<br/>And as she slept he held her tight<br/>His mind went back to that first night<br/>(Chorus)<br/>And wandered through the best days of her life<br/>Sixty year together and he never left her side<br/>A nursing home, at eighty-five<br/>And the doctor said it could he her last night<br/>And the nurse said &quot;Oh, should we tell him now? Or should he wait until the morning to find out...?&quot;<br/>But when they checked her room that night<br/>He was laying by her side<br/>He was walking her home, holding her hand<br/>Oh, the way she smiled when he said &quot;This is not the end.&quot;<br/>Just for a while, they were eighteen<br/>And she was still more beautiful to him than anything<br/>He was walking her home. (x2)<br/>Looking back, he sees it all<br/>It was her first date the night he came to call