Song Description

After all that's happened in life, I can depend on you and our love

Lyrics

Lyrics by Tom Toce
Music by Kim Oler

AFTER ALL

The world has its attractions, some are worthy of a glimpse,
And I'm grateful for the travelling I've done.
And I'm grateful for the people--nice to meet you--that I've met
And for all of the beguines that I've begun.
But the older--sorry--more mature I grow the less I find
That it matters one iota in the end.
And what matters, really matters, is the life I share with you:
My partner, my lover, my friend.

After all,
After all the nameless faces,
After all,
After all the fancy places,
I recall
That the face I love the best
And the touch I crave the most
Belong to you.
Astounding.
True.

When I fall,
I'm the kind who falls forever.
It takes gall
To start speaking of forever,
After all.
But the hand I've always held
Is the hand I need to hold.
And our love--however old--is ever new.

You're the one who sees me as I used to be,
And as I yearned to be,
And as I am today.
I am not the person that I used to be,
Or that I yearned to be.
Still I'm yearning.

After all,
After all the years you've mattered,
After all,
After all the fears you've shattered,
Large and small,
There is one surviving fear:
It's the fear that no one's there
And no one's gonna answer when I call.
Anytime, I may call.
And you answer after all.