Only Just To Smile

They're blowing up the bridge tonight
the one I crossed a million times
we'll let the Hudson hold it now
but every time I close my eyes
it's all lit up at Christmas time
so mighty and so proud

We can't all die young honey
all blazing glory in our prime
might be nobody weeps for us
but as they built that new bridge
young and old stood side by side
I swear the Tappen Zee was smiling through the rust

Cause it's a slow turn
Baby it's a slow turn
and I traded the thrill of a stranger's hands
for the sureness of your arms
I cashed in all of my wild days
for swapping stories in our living room
and the things i left behind may call to me sometimes
but if I look back now it's only just to smile

I don't regret the lessons, no I don't regret the time
I don't regret the shadows cause they let me know that there was light
but the years I didn't love myself, now Honey that's a crime
and I'd wish it on no enemy of mine

Here what we've got's a family
people come and go
I am not so foolish as to think I know the road
but the good times will be sweeter
for the sad days we have known
and I hope you won't forget there was this time when you could
hold us both

Cause it's a slow turn
Baby it's a slow turn
and I traded the thrill of a stranger's hands
for the sureness of your arms
I cashed in all of my wild days
for swapping stories in our living room
and the things i left behind may call to me sometimes
but if I look back now it's only just to smile

they're blowing up the bridge tonight
the one I crossed a million times