When the Tears Outnumber the Years

Everyone said we were crazy, our love wouldn t last out the year,
But we ve been together a dozen we fooled them awhile , didn t we dear?

Our first years were ragged and tough ones, harder by far than the rest,
We had our love and a big stack of bills, but I think those first years were best.

How do you measure your losses, when the love in your life disappears?
Is it in heartaches or houses or automobiles?
& .When the tears outnumber the years,
When the tears outnumber the years.

Everyone says we are wise now, sensible people at last,
Making the grown-up decision tearing the page from our past.

But I question my own calculations, did I figure everything right?
Did I total the times with the children? Did I add up each sweet loving night?

How do you measure your losses, when the love in your life disappears?
Is it in in-laws or court laws or who keeps the dog?
& When the tears outnumber the years,
When the tears outnumber the years.
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