Song Description

A woman rejects the fleeting, store-bought gestures of romance, longing instead for a love with roots deep as the river bends and strong as the wind that moves the mountains. In the end, love isn't about grand declarations but the quiet, steady presence of hands held through the cold.

Lyrics

Love That Don't Grow Old
Copyright © 2008 David Baumgarten

BPM 114 Key E major


[Verse 1]
He handed her a paper heart,
Red ink words, some stranger's art.
The kind you find in five-and-dimes,
Pressed in dust, lined up in rows of rhymes.
She smiled and let it fold in two,
Tucked it 'way like a bill past due.
Said, "Love don't come on printed lines,
Don't live in chocolate or store-bought wines."

[Chorus]
Ohhh, love ain't wrapped, ain't tied with string,
It won't fit in a card, it don't wear a ring.
It's dirt on your hands,
it's the fire that stays,
It's the wind that calls through this mountain haze.

[Verse 2]
He broke a rose from a neighbor's bush,
Held it out with a nervous push.
She traced the thorns, let the petals fall,
Said, "Cut-down love don't last at all."
"Give me roots, give me sky," she said,
"Not just red that fades to dead.
Find me where the river bends,
Find me when the storm begins."

[Chorus]
Ohhh, love ain't wrapped, ain't tied with string,
It won't fit in a card, it don't wear a ring.
It's dirt on your hands,
it's the fire that stays,
It's the wind that calls through this mountain haze.

[Bridge]
Time will test, time will shake,
Leaves will fall and rivers break.
But love don't sit in a candy box,
It don't fade like a ribbon lost.

[Chorus]
Ohhh, love ain't wrapped, ain't tied with string,
It won't fit in a card, it don't wear a ring.
It's dirt on your hands,
it's the fire that stays,
It's the wind that calls through this mountain haze.

[Outro]
She left that card on the table plain,
That thorn-stripped rose in the windowpane.
No, She held his hand tight when the night got cold,
And that's the love that don't grow old.
That's the love that don't grow old.

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
David Baumgarten	BRUSHFIRE	3/14/2025
David Baumgarten	Country	3/8/2025
David Baumgarten	Love Songs	3/8/2025