Love, Me

i read a note my grandma wrote

back in nineteen twenty three

grandpa kept it in his coat and

he showed it once to me he said

boy you might not understand

but a long long time ago

grandma's daddy didn't like me

none but i loved your grandma so

we had this crazy plan to

meet and run away together

get married in the first town

we came to and live forever

but nailed to the tree where we

were supposed to meet instead

of her i found this letter

and this is what it said

if you get there before i

do don't give up on me

i'll meet you when my

chores are through

i don't know how long i'll be

but i'm not gonna let you

down darling wait and see

and between now and then

till i see you again

i'll be loving you love me

i read those words just hours

before my grandma passed away

in the doorway of a church where

me and grandpa stopped to pray

i know i'd never seen him

cry in all my fifteen years

but as he said these words to her

his eyes filled up with tears

if you get there before i

do don't give up on me

i'll meet you when my

chores are through

i don't know how long i'll be

but i'm not gonna let you

down darling wait and see

and between now and then

till i see you again

i'll be loving you love me

between now and then

till i see you again

i'll be loving you love me