Carrie Newcomer - Alice and roy

^CRoy squeezed her hand, ^FAlice smiled at him The ^GSenior Club Special is a lot ^Ffood for ^Gthem ^C They act like teenagers or the ^Fbest of friends With a ^Ghundred-eighty years between the ^Ftwo of ^Gthem ^C

Back during the war, at a ^Fwild country dance He ^Gthought she'd ignore him, but ^Fhe ^Gtook the ^Cchance And fifteen songs later he ^Fstill held her close And a ^Gmillion dances since then, ^Fhasn't ^Gbeen e^Cnough

They ^Fwear love like lightning It's ^Csomething to see And the ^Gyears of their true love Sit up on their^C sleeves ^{F C F C}

Alice nudges Roy and ^Fpoints with her spoon There ^Gsits two young lovers a^Fcross the ^Gcrowded ro^Com “You can tell by their look” she say's, “kinda ^Fgiddy and flushed” And Roy ^Ggrins wry and wicked and ^FAlice ^Gsmiled and ^Cblushed

They ^Fwear love like lightning It's ^Csomething to see And the ^Gyears of their true love Sit up on their^C sleeves ^{F C F}

Roy ^Cgets a little misty, ^FAlice pats his hand He's ^Gthinking 'bout the boy they ^Flost in ^GViet^Cnam And the girl he'd brought home and ^Fthen left behind And ^Gforty years later, she still sends ^Fcards at ^GChristmas^Ctime

They ^Fwear love like lightning It's ^Csomething to see And the ^Gyears of their true love Sit up on their^C sleeves ^{F C F C}

Roy ^Csaid, "Remember, Alice, you almost ^Fburned your diary All those ^Gpoems and love letters I ^Fsent from ^Gover^Cseas?” And Alice says, “I couldn't, ^Feven though I tried And I ^Gdon't suppose the children will ^Freally ^Gbe sur^Cprised”

Roy touched her face, ^FAlice smiled at him They ^Gbowed their heads a moment and ^Fwhis^Gpered “A^Cmen” If you look a little sideways, I'm ^Fnot sure what it means I could ^Gswear it was an angel that ^Fpassed ^Gher the ^Ccream

They ^Fwear love like lightning It's ^Csomething to see And the ^Gyears of their true love Sit up on their^C sleeves

They ^Fwear love like lightning It's ^Csomething to see And the ^Gyears of their true love Sit up on their^C sleeves And the ^Gyears of their true love Sit up on their^C sleeves