A Story My Grandpa Told Me

V1.
It was a story my grandpa told me
About a long, long time ago
A story about a love that only ever grows
He said, “to this day it keeps on growing”
And if it ever crosses your way
You’ll be glad to know that you knew that person
Cause it rarely happens anymore.

V2.
It was in a place of ice and fire
Another world away,
That’s the day I met your grandmother
And that’s not all I have to say.
A place where they would shoot you down
Because of-
Who you ever were
So I took the hand of your grandmother
And this is what I said to her.

Chorus:
I won’t let them ever hurt you
Won’t ever let them hurt me
And when we get out of this alive
We will live ever happily.
Please take my hand
Darling I love you and-
We were truly meant to be
Please take my hand on this night
And please won’t you marry me?

V3.
This is a story my grandpa told me
About a long, long time ago
A story no body ever heard from him-
But now I know.
He said, “there were many of them
And they had us chained and beat,
They separated the men and women,
They took my love away from me”

V4.
I won’t let them ever hurt you
Won’t ever let them hurt me
“A vow I made to the one I love
That I didn’t think I could keep”
Please take my hand
Darling I love you and we were meant to be
“I hoped - to see her again, cause it was really killing me”

Chorus:
I won’t let them ever hurt you
Won’t ever let them hurt me
And when we get out of this alive
We will live ever happily.
Please take my hand
Darling I love you and-
We were truly meant to be
Please take my hand on this night
And please won’t you marry me?

It was a story my grandpa told me
He - was only seventeen.