We Learned It in Your Kitchen

Mom had books across the table Dad was underneath the sink We were asking what was for dinner You were both too tired to think So we had toast and scrambled eggs And Mom passed her test that week Dad got soaked beneath the cupboard But he finally stopped the leak

We learned it in your kitchen We learned it riding home In the way you asked each other If you'd rather talk or be alone You didn't have a speech prepared You had a hundred things to do We learned what love can look like Growing up with both of you

You could disagree on Sunday And the room would go all strange Then we'd hear you in the hallway Say, "I'm sorry, that came out all wrong" There was toast before our finals There were lifts in pouring rain And whenever one of us messed up You would let us try again

We learned it in your kitchen We learned it riding home In the way you asked each other If you'd rather talk or be alone You didn't have a speech prepared You had a hundred things to do We learned what love can look like Growing up with both of you

We found your wedding photograph Twenty-five years back from here You look younger than we thought you would We can see a little fear You couldn't know who we would be Or all the ways the years would go But you made a home to come back to And we wanted you to know

We learned it in your kitchen Now we're making kitchens of our own We catch ourselves repeating you When somebody we love gets home We haven't got a speech prepared Though we practiced in the car We love the life you gave us And we love you as you are

Mom and Dad, look what you started Here we are