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