To Have and To Hold

Here we are now, ten years running Doesn't feel that long at all I remember the 8th of August Dancing in the wedding hall We were so young, there's so much that we couldn't have known We're just beginning to see what the future can hold I'm learning that love is a beautiful garden That's bursting with color when tended with care And I'm learning that love is a wild endeavor With no guarantees but the life that we share And I'm learning that love is a sign and a wonder And healing us more than we ever could know And there's plenty of reasons why things can be left to grow cold But I still believe in our promise to have and to hold To have and to hold Can't believe how fast they're growing We were warned, but I'm still surprised Children play, but, oh, they're watching Learning love before their eyes We're sharpening arrows and aiming them into the sky And over and over, we're helping them learn how to fly We'll show them a love that can live through an argument Filled with forgiveness when hurt has been done And we'll show them a love that can handle misfortune And still be around when the morning has come And I'm not naive, we've got miles to go But we've proven our love can grow deeper with time And there's plenty of reasons why things can be left to grow cold But I still believe in our promise to have and to hold To have and to hold All our days To have and to hold Oh I'm learning that love is a beautiful garden That's bursting with color when tended with care And I'm learning that love is a wild endeavor With no guarantees but the life that we share And I'm learning that love is a sign and a wonder And healing us more than we ever could know And there's plenty of reasons why things can be left to grow cold But I still believe in our promise to have and to hold To have and to hold All our days To have and to hold