Always, Then, & Now

Jay Brannan

i'll put the coffee on, you just rest
you've got healing to do
and when the pain is gone we'll get you dressed
in something much less blue

'til you laid eyes on me, i never dreamed
i was someone who could be seen
and when you said you always get what you want
i thought, "who am i to intervene?"

it's your heart that keeps the beat
and it's your hand that spins the earth under my feet
your laugh that's plundering through
holy rolling thundering to
turn ice to rain and make love from pain and
let it be heard on this day
i'll love, honor, and obey
always, then, and now
to you i make this vow

if the mountains pierced the sky
and a flood swept you from i
i'd quickly 86 the seven seas
and if a wind came crashing through
and suddenly stripped me from you
i'd choke the storm into a balmy breeze

and when we're good and old
with much more to have and to hold
and our minds begin to gather dust
hand in hand we'll fade away
but the history books will always say
this was the golden age of us

it's your heart that keeps the beat
and it's your hand that spins the earth under my feet
your laugh that's plundering through
holy rolling thundering to
turn ice to rain and make love from pain and
let it be heard on this day
i'll love, honor, and obey
always, then, and now
to you i make this vow