The Toast My Sister Never Gave

Lyrics

I wrote it on a napkin in the car
Then folded it up small
The words were all too big for me
So I never said them at all

You danced with him beneath the lights
And your whole face was a song
I held my glass and held my tongue
And the night went sweetly on

This is the toast I never gave
The words I kept inside
May you always have a hand to hold
And a door that opens wide
This is the toast I never gave
But I say it to you now
May every morning find you laughing
May the years be kind somehow

You were the one who braided my hair
Who taught me how to be brave
Now I watch you walk a different road
And I'm learning how to wave

This is the toast I never gave
The words I kept inside
May you always have a hand to hold
And a door that opens wide
This is the toast I never gave
But I say it to you now
May every morning find you laughing
May the years be kind somehow

So here is the napkin, soft and worn
With a smudge of ink and wine
It says I love you in a hundred ways
And every one is mine

This is the toast I never gave
The words I kept inside
May you always have a hand to hold
And a door that opens wide
This is the toast I never gave
But I say it to you now
May every morning find you laughing
May the years be kind somehow

May the years be kind
Somehow