You Didn't Just Happen By

Flipping through life's photographs,
memories sad and true,
I stumbled on a pretty girl,
a younger one of you.
I couldn't take my eyes off you
the first time that we met.
I'd never seen a better smile,
and I surely haven't yet.

You didn't just happen by
when your presence caught my eye.
You didn't just happen by
though I couldn't make a sign.
The years would come between us
but you never left my mind.
After all that time, you didn't just happen by.

I saw you with your little ones
through the window of my car.
Time had passed by hurt had lasted
in my broken heart.
I couldn't take my eyes off you
while you walked in the store,
but we'd meet again down longer years.
I knew that for sure.

You didn't just happen by
when your presence caught my eye.
You didn't just happen by
though I couldn't make a sign.
The years had come between us,
but you never left my mind.
And after all that time, you didn't just happen by.

Paths cross and part again,
that's never been in doubt.
But of all the loves my life has shared
yours I cannot live without.
And I still can't take my eyes off you.
You're more beautiful all the time.
And there's nothing better in this life
than to say you're finally mine.

You didn't just happen by
when you're presence caught my eye.
You didn't just happen by
though I couldn't make a sign.
Those years are now behind us
and you're always on my mind...
and all those times, you didn't just happen by.
As for all those times, you didn't just happen by.