I can see a lot more leaves
Have been falling round you here
Another cold white winter
Will soon be on its way
And it's so hard to believe
You've been gone now for these years
But I've come here, as I often do
Bringing flowers and to say
You know we all miss you
We never will forget you
The one we always counted on
The first love of my life
The heart of our sweet home
You always made it safe and warm
And I thank God every day for you
That He let you be my wife

And I know you'd be so proud
Of our Jimmy boy these days
He's sure not that skinny little Jimmy anymore
He's been a wonderful son
And he's really standing true
To all of those important things
That we taught him through the years
He's holding out for someone like his mom
And he often speaks of you
As steady as a guy can be
But he still cries tender tears

Oh, I know you'd be so proud
Of our pretty princess teen
Nikki's such a lovely miss
So the boys all come around
And I often stop and gaze at her
She reminds me so of you
That beauty queen who got to me
So many years ago
And she's doing all the kinds of things
She remembers you would do
And I tell her you'd admire her
And the character she shows

And I hope that you'd be proud of me
I did the thing you said
That night you made me promise you
I'd stay open to new love
In those last hours of our precious talks
Just before you slipped away
At the time I couldn't comprehend
Those wise things that you'd say

But someone's in our lives now
It's been almost a year
The wedding date has just been set
And our kids both love her too
And the feeling in our home now
Really has a lot more cheer
It reminds us all so much again
Of those times we shared with you

So I think you would be proud
Of the way that things have been
The pain is slowly fading now
Just like you said it would
And we're all very certain
That we'll be with you again
So we're going on ahead with life
As you told us that we should

And I think you'd be
So proud

Yes, I'm sure you'd be
So proud