The Why begins with I Just Do - 1A

Annie Bee, my bananay
My Ecuadorian Ma’Quito Mosquito, hey
I’m writing this down before time can steal
The little things that taught my heart to feel

Not because I’m afraid you’ll go
Or because our love ain’t strong enough to know
But years ago another woman cried
And asked a question I could not provide

Pre-Chorus

She said, “Tell me why you love me.”
I searched the dark and came up empty

Chorus

“I just do”
Was all I knew
A Nike slogan hanging in the air
“I just do”

And she needed more
Than a closing door
She wasn’t asking for reasons to believe

She was asking me to let her feel loved by me

Verse 2

Twenty years can build a home
And still leave two hearts feeling all alone
We had our troubles, deep and wide
And I got lost trying to fix the tide

I thought love was something that survived
The storms and years and daily grind
I never knew love could disappear
Without ever leaving, year by year

Pre-Chorus

She said, “Tell me why you love me.”
And I thought she meant philosophy

Chorus

“I just do”
Was all I knew
A hollow answer from a man who couldn’t see
“I just do”

Now I understand
What slipped through my hands
She wasn’t asking for a list to prove

She was asking if I still wanted her in the room

Bridge

And here’s the strange thing that I learned
Long after all the bridges burned

Love ain’t freckles, eyes, or hair
Or favorite songs and moments shared

Love ain’t ten reasons written down
Or wedding rings and wedding gowns

Love is waking every day
And wanting that soul beside your way

Love is choosing one more dawn
And missing them when they are gone

Final Chorus

Annie Bee, if you should ask
The question that once stopped me in my tracks

Why do I love you?

I could tell you of your smile
And how you make hard roads worthwhile
I could tell you of your laugh
And all the ways our pieces match

But the truest answer that I’ve found
After all the years I’ve walked around

Is love is not a list of things
Or all the joy another brings

It’s the daily pull I can’t undo
The thousand little roads that lead to you

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand reasons, maybe more

But after all the searching through

The why begins…

With “I just do.”