[Verse]
            
I'll be the on

e
              
That stays 'ti

        
ll the end
              
And I'll be th

  
e one
              
That needs you

  
 again
              
And I'll be th

             
e one that pro

 
poses
            
In a garden of

  
 roses
            
And truly love

             
s you long aft

    
er our curtain

 closes

[Pre-Chorus]
     
But will you s

till love me
             
When nobody wa

         
nts me around
        
When I turn 81

 and forget th

ings
            
Will you still

       
 be proud?

[Chorus]
              
Cause I am the

 
 one
              
That waited th

   
is long
              
And I am the o


ne
              
That might get

    
 it wrong
              
And I'll be th

   
e one
           
That will love

 you
            
The way I'm su

          
pposed to, gir

    
l

[Pre-Chorus]
    
But will you s

till love me
             
When nobody wa

         
nts me around
        
When I turn 81

 and forget th

ings
            
Will you still

       
 be proud?

[Bridge]
             
Proud of me, o

             
f my short lis

        
t of accomplis

hments
           
Me and my lack

        
 of new news
          
Me and my self

ishness
            
Or me and myse

            
lf wish you no

             
thing but a ha

         
ppy new versio

n of you

[Outro]
         
Cause I...

   
            
I want you to 

           
tell me you fi

/            
nd it hard to 

           
be yourself so

            
 I can say,"It

             
's gonna be al

 
right."
            
And I want you

            
 to love me th

           
e way you love

          
 your family
            
The way you lo

              
ve to show me 

             
what it's like

        
 to be happy

         x3