Sleeping Beauty
A tender love song to his wife of twenty-nine years, set in the gold of a quiet Sunday morning. No crown, no castle, no storybook view, just a faithful heart still choosing her and falling in love one more time with every sunrise.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Sunday morning, the house is quiet
Guitar leaning by the door
Coffee cooling on the table
Like so many times before
Sunlight slipping through the curtains
Painting gold across your face
And after all these years, I still find home
In you, my quiet place
Pre-Chorus
Twenty-nine years of backyard mornings
Late night talks and highway lines
And when this world gets hard and heavy
Girl you’re where my heart unwinds
Chorus
You’re my sleeping beauty
In that worn-out cotton tee
Twenty-nine years later
You still steal the breath from me
God must’ve smiled that moment
When your hand fell into mine
’Cause every time I wake beside you
Girl I fall in love one more time
No crown, no castle, no storybook view
Just a faithful heart still choosing you
Verse 2
Some men chase a skyline
Some keep running after gold
But the only dream I ever needed
Is the one my arms still hold
We’ve seen sunsets from the front porch
Slow danced under moonlit skies
And every day just proves to me
You grow more beautiful with time
Pre-Chorus
Through every storm and blessing
Through the prayers that pulled us through
The one thing God has shown me
There’s no home for me but you
Chorus
You’re my sleeping beauty
In that worn-out cotton tee
Twenty-nine years later
You still steal the breath from me
God must’ve smiled that moment
When your hand fell into mine
’Cause every time I wake beside you
Girl I fall in love one more time
No crown, no castle, no storybook view
Just a faithful heart still choosing you
Bridge
The world can keep its castles
And its fairy tales of gold
I found my kind of magic
In the life we’ve made our own
And if I had a thousand lifetimes
I’d walk every road again
Just to fall for that same girl sleeping softly
Right where she’s always been
Final Chorus
You’re my sleeping beauty
Soft Sunday sunlight on your skin
Twenty-nine years later
I’d choose you all over again
I know God planned forever
When He tangled your heart in mine
’Cause every single morning
Girl I fall in love one more time
No crown, no castle, no storybook view
Just two stubborn hearts still seeing it through
Twenty-nine years and forever to go
With my sleeping beauty