She don't crack a cold one at eight in the morning
Don't own a thing in camouflage or plaid
She never hollered out a window going forty
And a honky-tonk ain't anywhere she's had

But throw on some Chesney and watch her start moving
She knows every word before the second verse
She'll line dance till they're calling last round
And I got the best view in the house

She ain't a redneck woman, she's so much more
She's the one I didn't know I was looking for
She don't fit the song but she fits me right
She's the last thing I think about every night
She ain't a redneck woman — and honey, that's fine
She's so much more, and she's mine

She ain't the kind to make a scene at the table
But she ain't gonna pick at a salad all night
She's comfortable enough to just enjoy herself
And a woman at ease — man, that's a beautiful sight

She ain't trying to prove a thing to anybody
She knows exactly who she is like that
And that kind of grace is hard to come by
I've been around long enough to know that's a fact

She ain't a redneck woman, she's so much more
She's the one I didn't know I was looking for
She don't fit the song but she fits me right
She's the last thing I think about every night
She ain't a redneck woman — and honey, that's fine
She's so much more, and she's mine

Bridge — pull it back, almost spoken

I saw her and I knew — she didn't know it yet
Took some time, took some showing up, took a little sweat
The best things in this life don't come easy
But the right ones make you glad they didn't
She could've walked — she stayed
That's not a small thing

She ain't a redneck woman, she's so much more
She's worth every time I knocked on that door
She don't fit the song but Lord she fits my life
She's my best friend and she's my wife
She ain't a redneck woman — no she ain't
…She's so much more than that.

With the deepest respect to the great Gretchen Wilson and her wonderful song "Redneck Woman".

She was workin' cash control
Beneath the magic and the lights
I watched her through the day gate
Late on some forgettable night
She never even saw me staring
Didn't know my heart stopped cold
I called my best friend later
Said "That's the one — I just know"
I don't know if I believed it
But I knew

I knew
Before she knew my name
Before I ever said a word
Or worked up the nerve to ask
I knew
Like you know the sun's coming up
Like you know when a song is true
I didn't know much at nineteen
But I knew

She didn't fall easy — good
She made me show up, made me try
First date I cleaned out my account
Spent every dollar, worth every dime
The more I learned her, the more certain
So I asked before someone else could
She said yes — God help her
And forty-two years later here we are
On a boat in Mexico, she's not looking
And God, I knew

I knew
Before she knew my name
Before I ever said a word
Or worked up the nerve to ask
I knew
Like you know the sun's coming up
Like you know when a song is true
I didn't know much at nineteen
But I knew

Bridge — near-spoken, quiet, direct

People ask me how you know
I never have a good answer
You just do
Some things don't need explaining
Some things just need forty-two years
To prove you right

I knew
Before she knew my name
Before I ever said a word
Or worked up the nerve to ask
I knew
Like you know the sun's coming up
Like you know when a song is true
I didn't know much at nineteen
…But I knew

You never made it easy, that's the truth
Made me show up, made me prove it, made me work
Every time I thought I had you figured out
You gave me something new worth chasing first
I'd have had it no other way
You were right to make me earn it, every day
Forty-two years and I'll tell you what's still true —
I'd do every bit of it again for you

I'm still chasing you — not because you run
Just because you're still the only one
Worth every mile, every stumble, every year
These bones are older now
But when I move, I move toward you
Forty-two years and I'd do it all again
I'm still chasing you

You laugh at something and I lose the thread
You walk in the room and I forget what I said
You're just living your life, just being you
And somehow that's still the most beautiful view
I watch you dance and I can't wipe the smile
These old knees would disagree but I'd run every mile
Forty-two years and the truth hasn't changed —
Just being near you is enough

I'm still chasing you — not because you run
Just because you're still the only one
Worth every mile, every stumble, every year
These bones are older now
But when I move, I move toward you
Forty-two years and I'd do it all again
I'm still chasing you

Bridge — Lila's fiddle, or Colt low and warm

Some men chase things that don't chase back
I chased you
And you let me catch you
So I never stopped

I'm still chasing you — not because you run
Just because you're still the only one
Worth every mile, every stumble, every year
These bones are older now
But when I move, I move toward you
Forty-two years and I'd do it all again
…God, I'm still chasing you

Every morning she's up before the sun
Back room chair, the good book open on her lap
I may not know the words, but I know who she's talking to
And I know she's lifting me up in all of that

She prays for me
Not because I asked her to
For every time I wasn't the man I ought to be
She just loves me that way
Takes me straight to heaven
every single day
Lord, I don't know what I'd be
if she didn't pray for me

Forty-two years she's loved me close to God
Never made a scene of it, never said a word
Just a quiet kind of grace she's always carried
The most powerful thing I've ever heard

She prays for me
Not because I asked her to
For every time I wasn't the man I ought to be
She just loves me that way
Takes me straight to heaven
every single day
Lord, I don't know where I'd be
if she didn't pray for me

Bridge — Lila fiddle solo. Slow, soulful, reverent. Let it breathe.

She prays for me
Not because I asked her to
For every time I wasn't the man I ought to be
She just loves me that way
Takes me straight to heaven
every single day
Lord, I know exactly where I'd be
if she didn't pray for me

I was working under Orlando
Counting money for the Mouse
Deepest vault in all of Florida
Underneath that magic house
Then I looked across the adding machine
And the whole count fell apart
She was standing by the safe door
And she locked away my heart

I walked in countin' dollars
I walked out the richest man alive
The best thing I counted wasn't money
It was one woman, Lord, she changed my life
Down under the Magic Kingdom
I found a magic of my own
I came in for the cash
She took control

We'd ride the castle elevator
From the tunnels to the park
Eighteen years old and barely knowin'
What I was doin' in the dark
I'd wait till we were halfway up it
Hit the stop and steal a kiss
The dumbest kid in Florida
Smartest thing I ever did

I walked in countin' dollars
I walked out the richest man alive
The best thing I counted wasn't money
It was one woman, Lord, she changed my life
Down under the Magic Kingdom
I found a magic of my own
I came in for the cash
She took control

Guitar break — Jax. Lila's fiddle builds in, leading into the final chorus.

I walked in countin' dollars
I walked out the richest man alive
The best thing I counted wasn't money
It was one woman, Lord, she changed my life
Down under the Magic Kingdom
I found a magic of my own
I came in for the cash
She took control

She's still learning all the steps
Still finding where the beat falls
I bought us both some lessons once
Wrote my name up on the wall
She took to it like she was born there
I took to the bar
Sipping mojitos in the corner
Watching my favorite star

Beautiful, look at you go
Spinning round that floor like I knew you would
Beautiful, I hope you know
Every eye in the room wishin' they looked that good
There's a hundred people dancin'
I only see one
My beautiful line dancer
Having all the fun

Renegade's on a Saturday
Travis Tritt comes on and I tap my boots
That's as close as I'm gonna get out there
And darlin' that's the truth
So I'll hold down this barstool
Hold my drink up high
Every time she looks over
She gets me

Beautiful, look at you go
Spinning round that floor like I knew you would
Beautiful, I hope you know
Every eye in the room wishin' they looked that good
There's a hundred people dancin'
I only see one
My beautiful line dancer
Having all the fun

Lila — fiddle break. Sweet and a little searing. Builds like she's pulling the whole room onto the floor.

Beautiful, look at you go
Spinning round that floor like I knew you would
Beautiful, I hope you know
Every eye in the room wishin' they looked that good
There's a hundred people dancin'
I only see one
My beautiful line dancer
Having all the fun
My beautiful line dancer

Every man's got a name for his girl
Baby, darlin', the whole wide world
I only got one
Been true since day one

The lovely and talented
Lord she's everything to me
The lovely and talented
Fits her like it's always been
Every word just fits her too
The lovely and talented
Always has been, always will

She walks in a room
The whole place knows
Can't quite explain it
That's just how it goes
She's lovely, she's talented
She's mine

The lovely and talented
Lord she's everything to me
The lovely and talented
Fits her like it's always been
Every word just fits her too
The lovely and talented
Always has been, always will

Jax — guitar riff. Eight bars. Loose and grinning. Leads into the final chorus.

The lovely and talented
Lord she's everything to me
The lovely and talented
Fits her like it's always been
Every word just fits her too
The lovely and talented
Always has been, always will
The lovely and talented

Lila — solo

Old brick walls and candlelight
Wine bar on a Tuesday night
She walked in like she owned the air
Didn't even know it
That smile hit the room before she did
Warm and easy, nothing to it
The kind you can't manufacture
Lord knows I've seen 'em try

She ain't easy to forget
The kind of woman that you don't get
Very often, maybe once
If the good Lord's feeling generous
Comfortable in her own skin
Lights up every room she's in
Without even trying yet
She ain't easy to forget

Lila — solo

We got to talking over Cabernet
She knew every word to what the speakers played
Laughed like nothing in this world could touch her
And nothing could
Forty-two years written on her face
Not the years, the grace
The kind that only comes from being
Genuinely, completely understood

She ain't easy to forget
The kind of woman that you don't get
Very often, maybe once
If the good Lord's feeling generous
Comfortable in her own skin
Lights up every room she's in
Without even trying yet
She ain't easy to forget

Bridge — Lila's fiddle, sweet and searching. Eight bars that say what words can't. Then quietly, almost to herself:

Some women chase it their whole lives
She just woke up with it one day
God was showing off the morning
He made her that way

She ain't easy to forget
The kind of woman that you don't get
Very often, maybe once
If the good Lord's feeling generous
Comfortable in her own skin
Lights up every room she's in
Without even trying yet
She ain't easy to forget
No she ain't easy to forget

I was nineteen and clumsy with my heart on my sleeve
Six months of showing up, not sure she'd let me in
But something in my bones said don't you give up on her
She was worth every stumble, every day of the wait

I played the long game, slow and steady, mile by mile
Learned that love worth keeping takes a while
Forty-two years later and I'll tell you what I know
The best things in this life are worth taking slow
I played the long game

She didn't fall easy and I'm glad she made me wait
Every morning I wake up and I can't believe my fate
I love deeper now, I care more than I ever thought I could
Took a long time to get here but I knew someday I would

I played the long game, slow and steady, mile by mile
Learned that love worth keeping takes a while
Forty-two years later and I'll tell you what I know
The best things in this life are worth taking slow
I played the long game

Lila — fiddle solo. Jax and Colt underneath.

She played the long game, slow and steady, mile by mile
Learned that love worth keeping takes a while
Forty-two years later and I'll tell you what I know
She made me the man I am and I'll never let her go
She played the long game

You start with a ring and a promise
You think you know what you're signing up for
Then the years start moving like a river
And you're standing on a different shore
But you're standing there together
Same hands, same faith, same fight
And you look at each other and you're thinking —
How'd we get so damn lucky, how'd we get this right

Worth every year,
worth every year
Lord it goes by way too fast
I'd find you in any room
I'd choose you in any life
I'd do every hard day twice
Just to make sure I'm here with you
Worth every year

It ain't always candles and slow songs
Sometimes it's just coffee going cold
Sitting quiet in the kitchen being grateful
For a love that's worth more than gold
The faith that kept us standing
When standing wasn't easy
The grace to see each other
And keep choosing what we see

Worth every year,
worth every year
Lord it goes by way too fast
I'd find you in any room
I'd choose you in any life
I'd do every hard day twice
Just to make sure I'm here with you
Worth every year

It ain't about being perfect
It's about showing up every day
Choosing the same person in the hard times
Choosing them again when it's easy
Because the years — the years don't wait
They don't slow down, they don't ask permission
You blink and it's forty years
You blink and it's more
So hold on — hold on to what you've got
Because the clock don't stop and the good stuff goes fast
And if you're lucky enough to find somebody
Worth choosing every morning when you wake up —
DON'T YOU LET GO

Key change up. Lila's fiddle screaming. The roof is gone.

Worth every year,
worth every year
Lord it goes by way too fast
I'd find you in any room
I'd choose you in any life
I'd do every hard day twice
Just to make sure I'm here with you
Worth every year

One more push — the whole room

Here's to forty years
Here's to fifty years
Here's to every couple who held on
Here's to choosing every day
Lord it goes by way too fast
Make it count — make it last
Make it worth every year

"To everyone who made it this far..." The band just plays. Fade slow.