Grow Old with Me
Carpenter Mary Chapin Lyrics
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The best is yet to be
When our time has come
We will be as one
God bless our love
God bless our love
Grow old along with me
Face the setting sun
When the day is done
God bless our love
God bless our love
Spending our lives together
Man and wife together
World without end
World without end
Grow old along with me
Whatever fate decrees
We will see it through
For our love is true
God bless our love
God bless our love
In "Grow Old With Me," Mary Chapin Carpenter sings about the beauty of love and the hope that it endures even as time passes. The song is a pledge of fidelity and a desire to age together gracefully with their partners. The opening lines prime the listener for a profound message that the beauty of life doesn't have to end at youth. It starts with the declaration "Grow old along with me," a pledge of fidelity to age gracefully with the love they have. The phrase "The best is yet to be" implies that life has more treasures for the couple despite their ageing. The lyrics that follow emphasize the connectedness between the couple, courage and commitment to loving each other through whatever life has in store for them. Through it all, the song's message remains that their love will remain strong in the face of the toughest challenges.
Line by Line Meaning
Grow old along with me
Let's age together, side by side.
The best is yet to be
The future is bright, and there are many good times ahead.
When our time has come
When our time on earth is complete.
We will be as one
We will be united, sharing a common bond and love.
God bless our love
May our love be cherished and blessed by God.
Grow old along with me
Let's grow old together like two branches on the same tree.
Two branches of one tree
Two individuals who share a deep connection and who have a shared destiny.
Face the setting sun
Let's look towards the future with optimism and hope.
When the day is done
When the day has come to a close, let's retire together and enjoy each other's company.
God bless our love
May our shared love continue to be blessed by God.
Spending our lives together
Sharing our lives and experiences with each other.
Man and wife together
Two people joined in matrimony and devoted to each other.
World without end
Our love will continue unbroken, without end.
World without end
Our love will continue unbroken, without end.
Grow old along with me
Let's get old together, no matter what comes our way.
Whatever fate decrees
Whatever the future holds, good or bad.
We will see it through
We will persist and overcome challenges, thanks to our loyal love for each other.
For our love is true
Our deep, meaningful love is genuine.
God bless our love
May our love be blessed perpetually by a higher power.
God bless our love
God, please bless our love and let it endure eternally.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: John Lennon
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Fred Dietz
She has the perfect voice for this.
And this expresses my disposition, too. Just be happy being myself. I grew up around persons who were the opposite—social climbers. They weren’t good at anything so much as they were great at being dissatisfied. I hated being that way when I used to be that way; I hated going through this world with the realization my whole life was a self-created prison.
Like it really matters—what someone else has, what someone else is known for. This world doesn’t know me, but God does. God who created the mountains and the heavens above them—that’s who remembers me when I was a boy. And there’s something else?
Others are not so fortunate. I mean, they have a lot more stuff than me, but they are still not so graced. All they know is what others think of them. Those who are strangers, and never become more than strangers. One day the strangers don’t give them the appraisal they want, and they hate them—hate people they don’t even know.
Then there are those who think if they cheat me out of this or that opportunity it changes me. But it doesn’t. The opportunities are whatever I make of them, not whatever they make of me. And so I seem indestructible to those who are always destroying themselves, never realizing who their own enemy truly is.
egjr0765
This song was played at my wedding to my Cathy. She asked me if I would play this at her funeral service. I did last month when she passed away from cancer. The Woodlands, Texas
Jody Landry
So sorry for your your loss… my husband and I had our first dance as a married couple to this song at our wedding reception. Such a beautiful song. Mary Chapin Carpenter’s is the best ❤.
Nate Stanish
Marianne King, this is beautiful! 🙏❤️ Did you write this?
Nate Stanish
🙏❤️
lifeisannahventure
In so very sorry.☹️❤️
Angie H
A friend sang this song when I married my husband 13 years ago. He died a year ago today and I listened to it for the last time at the exact time he left me. The people we love and those who love us are only on loan to us from God, one day He will want them back.
Tamara Scherette
The most beautiful song... so tender, heartfelt, completely beautiful.
Dean Morrow
One of John Lennon's most beautiful songs sung beautifully by Mary.
Linda Cullen
Gives me goosebumps.
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