Katy says today is the best day of my whole entire life.
Katy is three years old.
We’ve been dancing in the living room to her new Tom Paxton record.
Katy’s got a lot of rhythm when she wiggles; for a little kid, she’s got soul.
That night when her mom and dad come home I tell them what she said to me.
I figure they’ll think I’m some kind of babysitting genius to make this
little girl so darned happy.
But they smile and they say, «Don’t take this the wrong way, but Katy said
that same thing yesterday.
Lately she’s been saying that every day.»
I think back to what I know was the best day of my life.
It was wintertime ten years ago.
We were staying in a farmhouse in the middle of Vermont.
The hills were covered with Christmas trees and freshly fallen snow.
Instantly I picture the vivid details of that day
When you told me that you love me more than you could ever say.
The air was a bracing cold, the sky a startled blue.
Never before or since have I felt that close to you.
What does that say about you and me and the last ten years?
I’ve learnd to live with your silence; you’ve learned to overlook my tears.
Now this dancing three-year-old in her simple perfect way
Has me questioning the basis for the life we live today.
Katy’s probably sleeping now; I wonder if she dreams
About flying with the angels, dancing with moonbeams.
You are here beside me; you are snoring right out loud.
I long to kiss your forehead, smooth your worried brow.
Though we have not given up, it’s been ages since we’ve tried
To reveal the aching passion that for years we’ve pushed aside.
I whisper that I love you because I know that you cannot hear.
I turn off the light and in the dark you gently pull me near.
Katy says today is the best day of my whole entire life.