roses are red violets are blue   i wanna write you poetry and tell you how much i love you   but I can't find the words   no I can't find the words      I could buy you lots of chocolates    I could buy you pretty things   I could take you to an opera    I could take you to a swing       and push you back and forth   and push you back and ofrth      like a little kid sometimes I feel silly when your near   I wanna whisper a secret in your ear   I love you       and I'm not Shakespeare so i can't say this as well as he could   and I'm not Van Gough I can't paint you a picture as well as he could   so I'll write this simple song   I'll just sing this simple song   and tell you that I love you      and when we get real old   and get discounts where ever we go   and you walk with a walker and I limp with a cane   and you start to complain    how your hair gets messed up in the rain   or your arthritis is bad   I'll point to the love that's been beside us all these years   and i'll tell you then dear like i'm telling you here   I love you