The Key

(Looking through the junk drawer, searching)

Looking through the junk drawer, searching

(Somewhere there's a lighter, lurking)

Somewhere there's a lighter, lurking

(To light my daughter's fourteen birthday candles)

To light my daughter's fourteen birthday candles

(I came across, a bag of knick-knacks)

I came across, a bag of knick-knacks

(Orphaned screws, expired tic tacs)

Orphaned screws, expired tic tacs

(And a key from long ago)

And a key from long ago

(Is it from my house when I was growing up)

Is it from my house when I was growing up

(And you were always showing up)

And you were always showing up

(And throwing little pebbles at my window)

And throwing little pebbles at my window

(I would tip-toe down the stairway)

I would tip-toe down the stairway

(And past my parents, where they)

And past my parents, where they

(Were drifting in the land of nod)

Were drifting in the land of nod

(And I'd go out, sneaking through the side door)

And I'd go out, sneaking through the side door

(I would plant a little fairy kiss, there upon your cherry lips)

I would plant a little fairy kiss, there upon your cherry lips

(And I held your freezing hands)

And I held your freezing hands

(Our love was still so very new, but I knew that I would marry you)

Our love was still so very new, but I knew that I would marry you

(You've always been the key, to open me)

You've always been the key, to open me

(Was it our apartment by the bakers)

Was it our apartment by the bakers

(When you were pushing papers)

When you were pushing papers

(And I was working second shift)

And I was working second shift

(At times you barely saw me)

At times you barely saw me

(But we always had our coffee)

But we always had our coffee

(On the balcony with a morning kiss)

On the balcony with a morning kiss

(Then at night, I'd stumble in exhausted)

Then at night, I'd stumble in exhausted

(I would crawl in bed and snuggle you, we'd mash up like a W)

I would crawl in bed and snuggle you, we'd mash up like a W

(With the angles all aligned)

With the angles all aligned

(Even when my back was hurting me, we always fit so perfectly)

Even when my back was hurting me, we always fit so perfectly

(You've always been the key, to open me)

You've always been the key, to open me

(Was it our bungalow in Findlay)

Was it our bungalow in Findlay

(With a picket fence and chimney)

With a picket fence and chimney

(And a garden full of pretty weeds)

And a garden full of pretty weeds

(You were in your third trimester)

You were in your third trimester

(With cravings that would fester)

With cravings that would fester

(Until you filled the need)

Until you filled the need

(So it's out the door, for pickles and Doritos)

So it's out the door, for pickles and Doritos

(Another midnight run for groceries, I fumble for my pants and keys)

Another midnight run for groceries, I fumble for my pants and keys

(But I was glad to do it)

But I was glad to do it

(You were sailing through the troubled seas, to find the final puzzle piece)

You were sailing through the troubled seas, to find the final puzzle piece

(You've always been the key, to open me)

You've always been the key, to open me

(So many doors, I've closed and opened)

So many doors, I've closed and opened

(Some were stuck, and some were broken)

Some were stuck, and some were broken

(But this key won't open anything of interest)

But this key won't open anything of interest

(You've been here from the beginning)

You've been here from the beginning

(Now even in the 7th inning)

Now even in the 7th inning

(You're still the only key, to open me)

You're still the only key, to open me