Already His

Well I met him first when I was 5 My brother’s best friend Sean At 14 I sort of took a liking As Sean reached 21 I watched Sean take responsibility Becoming a caretaker to kids Whose father’d left sometime before Sean cared, and made them his Well, a childhood crush in the trailer park Like a tiny match in a world so dark May seem a stretch for a little girl Looking for love in the big wide world Yeah, but Sean was humble and showed his strength In actions, like a calm instinct To care for those who need someone I saw integrity there in Sean I saw that man just as he is Yeah my heart was already his See, my heart was already his I was home from college at 23 Saw the chance I’d thought might not be My strong, tall Sean had had it tough But I saw a diamond in the rough I asked him out several times He always turned me down But he texted me a sweet “good morning” And I persisted ‘til he came around Well a childhood crush in the trailer park Like a tiny match in a world so dark May seem a stretch for a little girl Looking for love in the big wide world Yeah, but Sean was humble and showed his strength In actions, like a calm instinct To care for those who need someone I saw integrity there in Sean I saw that man just as he is Yeah, My heart was already his See my heart was already his Now we’ve built a life, a home a family For the last 10 years I watched his Doctor Who He read Harry Potter despite All his fears Of seeming “soft” but really He is, I know that well I saw it in him when I first fell Well, a childhood crush in the trailer park Like a tiny match in a world so dark May seem a stretch for a little girl Looking for love in the big wide world Yeah, but Sean was humble and showed his strength In actions, like a calm instinct To care for those who needed someone I saw integrity there in Sean I saw that man just as he is Yeah, my heart was already his See, my heart was already his