Thurman Boyce - Marry Me Anyway | Soul Blues Ballad

Up since four, coffee made twice, a ring box in his coat since June. A 68-year-old bluesman gives her every reason to say no - then asks her anyway. Her kitchen table, two cups still steaming, and a speech he has practised for a month - to the windshield, to the dog. He tells her the worst first: knees that crack like kindling, the snoring, an old guitar, two good suits and a truck that starts on Tuesday if he asks it nice. Her sister says he's fifteen years too late. She counted right. A slow 6/8 soul blues ballad with gospel piano and a warm electric guitar, sung the way a man talks when he means it. From the album "Worth Every Lonely Year" by Thurman Boyce - track 4 of 8. The full album, in order:    • Thurman Boyce - Worth Every Lonely Year (F...   1. I'll Sit With You 2. Slow But Sure 3. Turn Down the Lamp 4. Marry Me Anyway (this song) 5. Let Me Back In 6. I Chose the Road 7. Don't Grieve Me Long 8. Worth Every Lonely Year LYRICS Up since four. I made the coffee twice. Sixty-eight years old and set in all my ways. My knees crack like kindlin' when I stand, and I snore so bad your dog sleeps in the hall. So there's the worst of me — marry me anyway. Marry me anyway. The first cup is yours, every day that I get, a hand to hold, and the truth, even when it costs me. Marry me anyway. All I own's an old guitar and two good suits, a truck that starts on Tuesday if I ask it nice, and a check that comes in slow on the first. Your sister says I'm fifteen years too late. She counted right. Marry me anyway. I've been workin' on this speech about a month, said it to the windshield, said it to the dog. Last night you hollered, "Thurman, supper's on" — Lord, that's all I want. Marry me anyway. Marry me anyway. The first cup is yours, every day that I get, a hand to hold, and the truth, even when it costs me. Marry me anyway. I've let good things go by me in my time, but a man my age don't guess no more. He knows. And I know. Marry me anyway. The first cup is yours, every day that I get, a hand to hold, and the truth, even when it costs me. Marry me anyway. (say yes, darlin') (I'll be right here) That box has been in my coat since June. Take your time. Marry me anyway. Subscribe for new original blues every week:    / @homeofblues   More slow blues:    • Deep Blues | Slow, Emotional & Vintage   #SoulBlues #ThurmanBoyce #BluesMusic #BluesLoveSong #SlowBlues