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Lovely
Life’s full of adventures
But when all is said and done
There’s little that’s more lovely
Than a day spent in the sun
A group run in the morning
Cycling in the afternoon
A wine and board games evening
Friends we’ll see again so soon
Life’s full of achievements
But what could bring more pride
Than a home saved for and paid for
Through teamwork, side by side
Than watching your best human
Score a pick six, win a race
Competing with each other;
Still in step and keeping pace
Life can be hilarious
But nothing makes you grin
Like obvious, sarcastic jokes
With your lame humour twin
Laughs with family, puns
And new dog clips online
Strangers might not get it
But we understand just fine
Life’s full of good memories
But when we pick the best
The Lions and the Pussycats
Will stand out from the rest
The steak and chips proposal
Phonecalls drowning in champagne
Our wedding built by loved ones
Who we thank and thank again
And right now, this very moment
We become husband and wife
Vow to share all of our smiles
Be ‘home’ together all through life
Each day’s full of adventures
But when the day is through
There’s little that’s more lovely
Than lovely, lovely you
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Stay
We hike across Mayne
One glorious day
Nine years on, we’ve still got plenty to say
You hold the beers
I’m down on one knee
To stay in your company’s all I need
You’re up for adventure
I know you can cope
We’ll stay warm when the wind whistles cold on the slopes
Stay for a sip of that chilled craft beer
Stay ‘til those humpback whales appear
Stay through the darkness
If winter drones on
Have a wedding in Febr’ary to cheer us along
Stay on the dancefloor
Dance the night through
Laugh ‘til your face hurts
I’ll be there with you
Stay away from the jumpers
You’ve enough, guaranteed.
Love sports, love Woking
But go without me!
We won’t stay in Southampton
We’ll find pastures new
It’s incredibly easy to be anywhere with you
Keep hold of our mem’ries:
Skiing at Silver Star
Manta ray snork’lling at a national park
In campervans, cabins, looking for bears
Showing Misty and Kingston we’ll always be theirs
Stay who you are:
Fearless and fun
Encouraging me to be who I’ll become
You’re sometimes annoying
And you’re always right
But I’d never change you
Or how we do life
We’ve travelled far
As boy-and-girl-friend
It’s been so much fun I don’t want it to end
So cheers to what’s next
And, ‘though Arnie would say,
“I don’t do requests”,
You’ve asked, so I’ll stay.