I Count My Mornings with You

Lyrics

The tea has gone half cold again
You're reading by the glass
The light comes slanting through the pane
And I watch the moments pass
Forty years of mornings
And I never lost the thread
I'm thanking every ordinary dawn
That found us in this bed

I count my mornings with you
Not by the clock or years
But by the steam, the toast, the hum
And the way the quiet clears
If I had one wish left to make
I'd wish it plain and true
Another ordinary morning
Just to count it with you

Your hair has turned to silver
Mine has turned to snow
We bicker over crosswords
And we both already know
That love is not a fireworks night
But a kettle and a spoon
And a hand that reaches out for mine
In the grey light of the room

I count my mornings with you
Not by the clock or years
But by the steam, the toast, the hum
And the way the quiet clears
If I had one wish left to make
I'd wish it plain and true
Another ordinary morning
Just to count it with you

There will come a quieter dawn
When one of us wakes alone
But I'll keep every one of these
Like pebbles smooth as stone

I count my mornings with you
Not by the clock or years
But by the steam, the toast, the hum
And the way the quiet clears
If I had one wish left to make
I'd wish it plain and true
Another ordinary morning
Just to count it with you

Just to count it with you