I knew you before we met

We don't need all the answers yet

I'm sure time will change me some

You see what I could become.

So much left to figure out

I never took the easy route

I was born with my boots on

Will you take 'em off me when I'm gone?

I love you like the morning loves the afternoon

Like the prairies love the plains

If you leave me now, I'll just come running after you

I'll be the wind behind the rain.

I wanna see you smiling when you're ninety

And I'll always see you like you are right now

All my wild beginnings are behind me

And I know that we can stick it out somehow.

Oh, I wanted you the first time that I saw you

In that bar where all my friends left me behind

I wasn't even fishing when I caught you

But I always had your picture in my mind.

I love you like the morning loves the afternoon

Like the prairies love the plains

If you leave me now, I'll just come running after you

I'll be the wind behind the rain.

I love you like the ocean loves the silver moon

Like frank and jesse loved the train

If you leave me now, I'll just come running after you

I'll be the wind behind the rain.