Double Nickel Shine

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Summer night in '71, the church hall full of light, I was twenty and a dreamer and the music felt just right. Then Atlanta's own Prince Charles came walking 'cross the floor, Max, you asked me for a dance, and I never wanted more. [Chorus] Here's to fifty-five, our double nickel shine, Fifty-five years true and you're still mine. Let the fiddle play, you stayed true blue, Fifty-five years and I'd still choose you. [Verse 2] We married in the autumn while a blizzard filled the sky, The Salt Lake Temple glowing as the snow went drifting by. Maury, Faith and Spencer filled our Cedartown with song, Then Stockholm came a calling and we gladly went along. [Chorus] Here's to fifty-five, our double nickel shine, Fifty-five years true and you're still mine. Let the fiddle play, you stayed true blue, Fifty-five years and I'd still choose you. [Bridge] Some roads got hard and rocky, some nights we prayed till dawn, We held our Hannah close, and faith kept holding on. Then Sweden called us back to serve inside the temple door, And every time I turned around, I loved you even more. [Verse 3] Now Will and Anna, Macie, James and Michael, Kimball too, Missions, hoops and college, look what this old love grew. We're coasting through the Atlanta Temple, dressed in white, Max, your hand still finds mine like that summer night. [Chorus] Here's to fifty-five, our double nickel shine, Fifty-five years true and you're still mine. Let the fiddle play, you stayed true blue, And fifty-five more, I'd still choose you. [Outro] Double nickel, darlin', true as true can be, Max, my summer dance, you're forever home to me.