An Ordinary Couple / When the Children Are Asleep

An ordinary couple
Is all we'll ever be
For all I want of living
Is to keep you close to me
To laugh and weep together
While time goes on its flight
To kiss you every morning
And to kiss you every night
We'll meet our daily problems
And rest when day is done
Our arms around each other
In the fading sun

An ordinary couple
Across the years we'll ride
Our arms around each other
And our children by our side
Our arms around each other

When we've tucked the kids in their downy beds
And listened to each one pray
We'll kiss the tops of their tousled heads
And tiptoe quietly away
We'll tiptoe into our sitting room
Where we love to be by ourselves
Where the flickering glow of the firelight
Makes the books wink down from their shelves
And there every evening we'll always be
Me in my armchair
You on my knee

An ordinary couple
Across the years we'll ride
Our arms around each other
And our children by our side
Our arms around each other