We're on the backside of this hilltop, and the years have taken tolls on our skin and on our bodies, on our hearts and on our souls,
Still, you're just as beautiful as on that first night long ago,
With his trembling hand, a boy took your hand, knew he'd never let it go.

I love you more today, my angel, than I even did back then,
Sweet companion, (oh, sweet companion)
My love, my life, my friend,
Sweet companion,
Oh, sweet companion.

We've both walked through fields of sorrow and, in them, sown the seeds of faith,
I've carved the lines of tears and laughter on the glory of your face,
There were the times I took the good things and I nearly laid them waste,
Oh, but never did I see you lose your elegance and grace.

I gave my lovely bride a promise, and I'd do the same again,
Sweet companion (oh, sweet companion)
My love, my life, my friend,
Sweet companion,
Oh, sweet companion.

And I may not have tomorrow to say these things to you, so I've put them in a little song, 'cause that's the kind of thing I do,
And if Jesus were to take me before these lines are through, there is enough here I have written so you'll know each word is true.

And we both wrote our book together, but it's a story without end,
Sweet companion (oh, sweet companion)
My love, my life, my friend,
Sweet companion,
Oh, sweet companion,
Sweet companion,
Oh, sweet companion.