You Don’t Even Know

Twenty years have come and gone Like a photograph in motion Two kids growing taller every day A thousand little moments Coffee waiting every morning A kiss good night without fail You make ordinary days feel magic Like a steady wind beneath my sail You fell in love the first time you saw me I was slower getting there Now I look back and thank God every day That He answered both our prayers You don’t even know What you mean to me The way you hold this family together so effortlessly You don’t even know How safe you’ve made this life Through every storm and sunshine You’ve stood right by my side And if I had forever I’d still run out of words to show How much I love you You don’t even know You can build a table from nothing Fix a wire hidden in a wall Name the make and model of car From half a second as it rolls You understand computers and markets Landscapes, mountains, stars above But somehow your greatest masterpiece Is the way you show your love You’ve carried me through darker times When my heart could not see through And I’ve held your hand through pain and healing Like best friends are supposed to You don’t even know What you mean to me The way you make us laugh until we cry So naturally You don’t even know How proud I am of you The brilliant man who’s goofy With a loyal heart that’s true And if I had forever I’d still run out of time To tell you just how much I’m grateful that you’re mine There’s a white Jeep in the driveway Jovie’s running through the yard Lake water sitting in the distance Mountains standing guard And someday we’ll find our place beside the water Watch the sunset paint the sky Cause after all these years together You’ll still be the love of my life You don’t even know The gift God gave to me The man who became my best friend And everything I need So when the world grows quiet And we’re gray and moving slow I’ll squeeze your hand and softly whisper “I Love You” And you’ll smile and say “I know”