She sat on the bed with a tear in her eye
A woman alone in the night
The children at last had surrendered to sleep
She picked up her pencil to write
"After all we've been through, I'm still loving you
I want you with me again
Troubles come and they go and you'll hurt me I know
I don't want it to end"
She flipped through the album and bled in her heart
You only take pictures of love
By rights, she should hate him for all that he'd done
But it's not what she's writing of
"We've parted before without closing the door
I want you with me again
Though I'm not quite sure why, I'm willing to try
I don't want it to end"
Looking back over time from the end of the line
The good times out numbered the bad
Even while all the ugliness screamed in her mind
She wrote from the beauty they'd had
"After all of the years and with all of the fears
I want you with me again...
While at times it was tough, and I'll admit not enough
I don't want us to end"
The tears flooded down and they nourished the love
Long after it should have been dead
Snuggled to sleep in that cavernous bed
She closed the diary that said
"After all we've been through, I'm still loving you
I want you with me again
Troubles come and they go, and you'll hurt me I know
I don't want us to end"