and note the very special things you do.

I see the precious gift you are to all whom you touch

and rejoice for those who've come to cherish you.

To see you as you are, a special blessing;

to know the girl that some have come to see.

I wish that I could tell those words to myself

and that my wife would see the same things in me.
 

Not now, and I don't know when;

Not soon but way down the road ahead.

My heart yearns for her to love me

as the one she's always known;

the girl inside the boy she came to wed.

Though they may not be the words I long for

My sister tells me what I need to hear;

She loves the girl in you even if she doesn't know

that she holds the girl inside the boy so dear.
 

Not now, and I don't know when;

Not soon but way down the road ahead.

My heart yearns for her to love me

as the one she's always known

the girl inside the boy she came to wed.
 

Twenty-five years is such a long time

and yet it seems like only yesterday;

A blessing to behold and cherish

A joy that grows with every dawning day.

Not now, and I don't know when;

but some sweet day down the road ahead.

I'm filled with joy just knowing that she loves me

as the one she's always known