G C G He looks in the mirror and spots a new wrinkle C G D7 The gray in his hair sadly tells him the truth G C G Time’s marching on to its own heartless drummer C G D7 G It’ll never return to the days of his youth C G He listens to Garth and he listens to Reba C G D7 He loves country music but he says point blank G C G They don’t make the songs now as good as they used to C G D7 G And he misses Ernest and Lefty and Hank D7 G He’s a child of the fifties confused by the nineties C G D7 Sound bytes and web sites and violence and crime G C G And he says only two things get better with time D7 Em A good love and a bottle of wine G D7 G A good love and a bottle of wine C G She wakes him up gently and whispers good morning C G D7 She brings him his coffee one sugar no cream G C G He couldn’t tell you how long they’ve been married C G D7 G But she’s still his angel and the girl of his dreams C G And tonight when they lie in that big bed together C G D7 He’ll tell her he loves her he’ll hold her and then G C G They’ll talk about life and the roads that they’ve traveled C G D7 G And he’ll say I’d sure like to do it again D7 G He saw the bridges of Madison county C G D7 Apollo 13 sent a chill up his spine G C G But he still says just two things get better with time D7 Em A good love and a bottle of wine G D7 G A good love and a bottle of wine D7 G Contentment’s a journey it’s no destination C G D7 You live long enough and one day you’ll find G C G That there’s only two things get better with time D7 Em A good love and a bottle of wine G D7 G A good love and a bottle of wine
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