We never did get lyrics posted for this one.

FORTY-FIVE YEARS
(Stan Rogers)
As recorded by Stan Rogers on "Fogarty's Cove" (1977)

Where the earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone,
And the sea and sky are one,
I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine,
And I'm running naked in the sun.
There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees,
And the sky is a painful blue.
I'd like to look around, but, honey, all I see is you.

Now, the summer city lights will soften the night
Till you think that the air is clear,
And I'm sitting with friends where forty-five cents
Will buy another glass of beer.
He's got something to say, but I'm so far away
That I don't know who I'm talking to,
'Cause you just walked in the door, and, honey, all I see is you.

And I just want to hold you closer than
I've ever held anyone before.
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life,
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it for?
After twenty-three years, you'd think I could find
A way to let you know, somehow,
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.

So alone in the lights on stage every night,
I've been reaching out to find a friend
Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard,
And knows how all the stories end;
Maybe after the show, she'll ask me to go
Home with her for a drink or two;
Now her smile lights her eyes, but, honey, all I see is you.

And I just want to hold you closer than
I've ever held anyone before.
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life,
Ah, but, honey, what the hell's it for?
After twenty-three years, you'd think I could find
A way to let you know, somehow,
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.

I just want to hold you closer than
I've ever held anyone before;
You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life,
Ah, but honey, what the hell's it for?
After twenty-three years, you'd think I could find
A way to let you know, somehow,
That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.
Yes, I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now.


from http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/02/years.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrGDoDloD1M