Built To Last Lyrics - I Loved Her First - Heartland

I made a trip back to my hometown last week 

For my grandparents' 50 year anniversary 

It was black leather wingtips and big bouffant hair 

Your typical senior affair 

They were cutting a rug to a Glen Miller tune 

When someone stood up and tapped a glass with a spoon 

It was old Eddie Vickers, Granddaddy's best man 

And his very best friend to this day 

And his eyes grew misty as he raised his champagne 

He said, Here's to the makers of things built to last 

Like church bells and bridges and baseball on grass 

Like Ferguson tractors and Lucchese boots 

My daddy's old tools I still use 

'The Pledge Of Allegiance', the Stars and the Stripes 

The words in the Bible, the sun in the sky 

And here's to the twinkle in old married eyes 

Still there after fifty years past 

Here's to the makers of things built to last 

We live in a world now of plastic and glue 

Disposable honor, replaceable truth 

If a pot breaks, why fix it, man, what's the use? 

It costs less to buy it brand new 

Oh, but lately I've looked in the eyes of my wife 

And I see there what matters the most in this life 

And I have decided I'm taking a stand 

To stay on that fifty year plan 

Inspired by the words of a very wise man 

He said, Here's to the makers of things built to last 

Like church bells and bridges and baseball on grass 

Like Ferguson tractors and Lucchese boots 

My daddy's old tools I still use 

'The Pledge Of Allegiance', the Stars and the Stripes 

The words in the Bible, sun in the sky 

And here's to the twinkle in old married eyes 

Still there after fifty years past 

Here's to the makers of things built to last 

Here's to the makers of things built to last"