Please Ask Me One More Time

Please ask me just one more time,

And this time I promise to not say no

I’m tired of the running and I’m tired of the hiding

That I did not even realize I was doing, and now

I’m ready to come home with you

I’m finally ready to come home to you.

Please ask me just one more time.

Drive your old 1974 cherry red pickup truck

Up I95 to New England from Tennessee

That truck, that you love so much

Let it bring me back home to you

To us.

I will pack up my grandma’s wedding ring quilt

And my mother’s Austrian crystal.

I will box up all my scrapbooks and notebooks full of memories

And pack my clothes in some old bins

We can throw my guitars in the back

And we will laugh, love, listen and sing to

Kris Kristofferson and John Prine all the way back home.

Please ask me just one more time,

And this time I promise to not say no

I’m tired of the running and I’m tired of the hiding

That I did not even realize I was doing, and now

I’m ready to come home with you forever

I’m finally ready to come home to you.

Please ask me just one more time.

It’s time for us to build our home

And build our lives together

We will make lots of love

And maybe a couple of babies

And we’ll put gold rings on each other’s fingers

Celebrating how much we love each other.

I’ll make you coconut cake for your birthday

We’ll eat pancakes and hot dogs for dinner

We will make so many memories

Your big strong rugged hands

Made hard through years of hard work

Yet they hold me so gently and with such love.

Will hold me forever; and I will hold you forever.

Please ask me just one more time,

And this time I promise to not say no

I’m tired of the running and I’m tired of the hiding

That I did not even realize I was doing, and now

I’m ready to come home with you

I’m finally ready to come home to you.

Please ask me just one more time.