[Verse 1] Forty years ago, I watched you walk my way, And I thought I knew what forever meant that day. I knew that I loved you; I knew I wanted you, But I didn't know all that love would carry us through. I couldn't see the mountains, couldn't count the tears, Couldn't know the roads we'd travel through the years. But if I stood there now, knowing everything I know, I'd still reach out my hand—and I'd never let you go. [Pre-Chorus ] At ten years, I told you I'd choose you again; Thirty years later, I know what I meant. Not because every road was easy or every dream came true— But every road worth walking, I have walked with you. [Chorus ] I'd still do it all again, Every beginning, every end, Every broken road that somehow brought us home. I'd take the laughter with the tears, Take the heartache with the years, If it meant I never had to walk this life alone. Give me forty years behind us, Give me whatever lies ahead— I'd stand before God, take your hand, And say those words again. Knowing everything I know now, I'd still do it all again. [Verse 2] We built more than a house; we built a family, Filled the rooms with voices that became our legacy. We watched our children grow and find their roads to take, And learned that love gets stronger every time a heart can break. We've seen dreams come alive and watched some disappear, Held each other tightly when tomorrow wasn't clear. And somehow through the changing, through all we've lost and gained, The woman standing next to me is still the one who stayed. [Pre-Chorus ] You were the rock I leaned on, my steady ground, When pieces of the life we built came crashing down. And when I wasn't easy to love, when I wasn't who I should have been, You taught me something deeper than the boy I was knew then. [Chorus ] I'd still do it all again, Every beginning, every end, Every broken road that somehow brought us home. I'd take the laughter with the tears, Take the heartache with the years, If it meant I never had to walk this life alone. Give me forty years behind us, Give me whatever lies ahead— I'd stand before God, take your hand, And say those words again. Knowing everything I know now, I'd still do it all again. [Bridge ] We aren't the two who stood there forty years ago. Time changed our faces; life changed more than we could know. There are silver threads where younger colors used to be, And lines around your eyes from all the years you've smiled at me. But when I look at you, I don't just see the woman standing here. I see the girl I married. I see the mother of our children. I see every home, every goodbye, Every midnight, every morning, Every fight we shouldn't have had, Every forgiveness we desperately needed, Every prayer God answered And some we thought He didn't. I see forty years. And Cassie— I'd choose you. [Quiet Chorus ] You're my wife, and I love you so. You're everything to me—I hope by now you know. You're still in my heart, you're still in my mind; But forty years have taught me What I couldn't say at ten years' time. [Final Chorus ] I'd still do it all again, But I'd love you better if I could. I'd hold you longer in the moments I didn't understand I should. I'd waste less time on being right, And spend more time holding you at night. I'd treasure ordinary days Before they slipped away. But I wouldn't change the woman Who's been standing by my side. I wouldn't trade our story For some easier kind of life. If God gave me one more lifetime, And let me choose where it began, I'd find you, I'd love you, I'd marry you— And I'd do it all again. [Outro ] Ten years down, I wrote, "A lifetime to go." Thirty years have passed Since I wrote those words for you. Now forty years behind us, However many still remain, There is one thing time has taught me That will never, ever change: It was you then. It's you now. And I'd do it all again.