Music

I'll Stay Married To You

drumkit - gerald dowd
bass guitar - k.c. mcdonough
electric guitar and clavinet - scott ligon
vocal and electric guitar- robbie fulks
backing vocals - scott ligon and k.c. mcdonough

My band and I played a couple middle-age weddings in 2007. Why not, I thought, have a song for people who wait until almost too late? Those couples seem more laid-back and realistic than many of their younger counterparts. Still, as this song implies, I wonder whether taking the pledge after many years of dodging grown-up commitment requires a bigger leap of faith and, concomitantly, some stricter language ("stay married").

Lyrics

Dream dream, what does it mean
When you have to dream it alone
I must have slipped away
I don’t know where
Half of my life has flown
Time has stripped off the shine
Leaving what’s simple and true
Plain as the words may be
You can believe
I’ll stay married to you

Boundless, friend-filled and drunk
We remember days like these
The parties flutters by
As slow they rise
Love’s little casualties
And feelings, those fragile things,
I’ve left a few broken, it’s true
As wayward as the wind
But that was then
Now I’ll stay married to you

BRIDGE:
When you’re young
Love becomes
So crazed and confused
When you’re old
Then you know
What to do
And I do

Sweet bride
Here by your side
All the world’s a sweet place too
Our days are gonna shine
And for the rest of mine
I’ll stay married to you.

Our days are gonna shine
And for the rest of mine
I’ll stay married to you.

Guitar Chords/Tab

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