Lyrics
Verse 1
You leave your coffee by the kitchen sinkKeys in the bowl, your boots beside the doorYou ask me how my day went, stop and thinkLike you’ve got time for every little story I pourYou know the truck is low on gasYou know my sister’s birthday’s coming fastYou never make a promise just to sound goodYou show up every time you said you would
Pre‑Chorus
And I don’t say it nearly enoughBut I notice all the ways you love
Chorus
I appreciate the way you hold me closeWhen the whole week weighs heavier than it shouldYou make a little house feel like homeYou take the ordinary and make it goodI love you for the man you areFor every quiet, steady, faithful partIf I had to choose this life againI’d choose your hand, I’d choose you thenI appreciate you, I love you, my man
Verse 2
You pull my chair out at the diner boothLet me have the last slice when I pretend I’m fullYou tell the truth, even when it isn’t smoothThen make me laugh before the silence turns cruelYou keep a blanket in the backseatFor cold nights and long drives down our streetAnd when I lose my nerve, you lend me yoursYou’re the kind of good I can’t ignore
Pre‑Chorus
So let the years put silver in our hairI’ll still find you waiting there
Chorus
I appreciate the way you hold me closeWhen the whole week weighs heavier than it shouldYou make a little house feel like homeYou take the ordinary and make it goodI love you for the man you areFor every quiet, steady, faithful partIf I had to choose this life againI’d choose your hand, I’d choose you thenI appreciate you, I love you, my man
Bridge
No grand parade, no borrowed linesJust your shoulder fitting into mineThe best things aren’t the loudest thingsThey’re the ones you do when nobody sings
Final Chorus
I appreciate the way you hold me closeWhen the whole world weighs heavier than it shouldYou make a little house feel like homeYou take the ordinary and make it goodI love you for the man you areFor every brave and tender, faithful partIf I had to choose this life againI’d choose your hand, I’d choose you thenThrough every road, through every bendI’d choose your hand, I’d choose you thenI appreciate you, I love you, my man
Outro
My man, my home, my always thereI love you more than words can wear