Twenty-Seven Years

lyrics and music by David Berry

Twenty-seven years with you
And it never fails to renew
Twenty-seven years with you
They don’t make the words to say
What it means to give away
Your soul and your being for love

You can’t tell someone younger
With the burning adolescent hunger
All the pains and the trials
Gains and self-denials
That make us what we are today
The new looks sometimes better
The sense of love will hold us whether
We are strong and prepared
Or just running scared
It put us where we are today

Twenty-seven years....

The prize was worth the pain
And the wealth that I was able to gain
Sharing most of our lives
As husband and wife
I’m glad for what we have today

Twenty-seven years....

Leslie Berry: vocals, background vocals
David Berry: keyboards, guitars, sequencer programming
Choir: Kathie Glenn, Kelanie Gloeckler, Brooke Harris, Andrew Metz, Wendy Metz, Ralph Rivera, Terry Smith, Jenni Thompson and Leslie
Choir directed by Andrew Metz
Eun-Sun Lee, Haley Marshe: violins
Kenneth Law: cello