Carry You Over

Verse 1

Fingerpicked guitar and voice

Sixty years since that cottage doorYou were light as a fiddle's noteNow the stairs are a mountain to youAnd the doctor says to restBut you want to see the sea

Pre-Chorus

So I lift you like a bride againAnd your laughter fills the whole hall

Chorus

I'll carry you over, loveLike the day we were wedYour arms around my neckI'll carry you over, love

Verse 2

My back is bent, my knees are badYou weigh nothing and the worldThe neighbours watch us from the laneTwo old fools out in the sun

Pre-Chorus

So I lift you like a bride againAnd your laughter fills the whole hall

Chorus

Upright bass, brushes and cello enter

I'll carry you over, loveLike the day we were wedYour arms around my neckI'll carry you over, love

Bridge

Soft falsetto

And when it's time for the last doorLove, I'll carry you over too

Final Chorus

Key change, full band, a long held high note

I'll carry you over, loveLike the day we were wedYour arms around my neckI'll carry you over, loveI'll carry you over, loveLike the day we were youngYour arms around my neckI'll carry you over, love