Too Many Years Words and music by Bill Roper © 1987G G/F# Em G I have loved you for too many years. Em A D I have seen your face through too many tears. Em I have loved you in the good times and the bad -- A D Never regretted all the moments that we've had. G G/F# Em G I knew the day I met you that someday you would go A D To ride upon a starship to the sky. G G/F# Em G But a starship is a large ship and the building time is slow A D And loving never asks the reason why. C D G G/F# Em Such an odd couple -- a woman bound for space A D And a broken-down guitarist with pain etched in his face. G G/F# Em C D Was it pain that brought you to me? It was love that made you stay, C D G And I wouldn't have it any other way. (Chorus) The years passed by so quickly as the starship slowly grew -- A tiny point of light low in the sky. You knew there'd be no place for me there in a starship's crew. You'd turn your face away and start to cry. Nothing fair about it, and I cannot bid you stay. The pain I see within you is the pain you took away. I kiss your tears so gently, for I love you more each day, And I wouldn't have it any other way. (Chorus) I knew the day I met you that the stars had called your name, A call that I would not have you deny. Though you are departing, I will love you just the same. Follow your dream into the sky. I have loved you dearly, and your love has made me strong, So let us heal each other and new love will come along. Mine will find me here on Terra; yours out in the Milky Way, And I wouldn't have it any other way. Am D G No, I wouldn't have it any other way.