The Vows I Made to You

I remember love’s sweet harmony
The first time that you took me in your arms
How hungry and how keen I was
To linger with your precious Northern charms
You helped me when I needed help
To get rid of some old, addictive ways
And we both made a stand against
Some things back in those fighting union days

Sometimes I’m sad, sometimes I’m blue,
But all the tea in China
Wouldn’t make me break the vows I made to you

Remember when you weren’t so sure
That having kids was what you’d like to do
And remember how that smile lay on your face
After the first one had come through
And now and then we look back there
And smile at all our worries and our doubts
And we feel a sense of pride at just how beautiful
Our kids have both turned out

Sometimes I’m sad; sometimes I’m blue,
But all the tea in China
Wouldn’t make me break the vows I made to you

But now the kids are leaving home
This house seems full of you and full of me
And I just start to wonder how we’ll get along – how our lives will be
Will we still see the things we saw
When we first met as woman and as man?
I hope we find our way back there together – I think that we can

Sometimes I’m sad; sometimes I’m blue,
But all the tea in China
Wouldn’t make me break the vows I made to you