And hope was sometimes all they had
The hope would chase away the sad
And placed a rose between their names
Their children all turned out just fine
They made the most of each day spent
The 40's came and the 50's went
And left with, oh, so little time
And though I miss them, oh, so much
Between the two of them
His crooked smile her gentle touch
Between the two of them
Between the two of them
So he retired in '69
And the pleasure of just growing up
And every day the feeling grew
Between the two of them
And the mortgage replaced the rent
Today I brave the graveyard rain
When work grew scarce and times got bad
Between the two of them
Now that's the most that ever came
