Fifty Years Long

Fifty years started in West Pennsylvania

Coulda been Paris or Rome or Duluth

But fifty years started in West Pennsylvania

And that's how you know that I'm tellin' the truth

'Cause fifty years isn't some fairy tale story

Some Hollywood horseshit, some old country song

It starts out as nothing and grows till it's fifty years long

One year is easy, five years, whatever

And ten years or twelve, now you're starting to learn

It's climbing and driving and giving up something

And praying you like what you got in return

And what is this city? And who are these people?

And how did we get here? And did we go wrong?

Well, keep holdin' hands, kids

You grew something fifty years long

It's fifty years fightin' and fifty years dancin'

And fifty years chancin' the wheel

It's fifty years reachin' and fifty years growin'

And fifty years knowin' it's real

It's real

It's funny how someone looks fifty years different

But still looks the same, give or take, more or less

It's funny to think eighteen thousand days later

What you might have been if you hadn't said yes

But look at us cryin' and look at us laughin'

And here's what we're thinkin', in case it's not clear

If that love could happen in West Pennsylvania

Who knows what could happen right here

So come tell the story of how you can do it

It's love and it's luck and it's sacred and strong

It starts out as nothing and grows till it's fifty years long

You start out with nothing and grow something fifty years long