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One More Day
by Steven Dale James/Bobby Tomberlin
performed by Diamond Rio
Last night I had a crazy dream
A wish was granted just for me
It could be for anything
I didn't ask for money
Or a mansion in Malibu
I simply asked for one more day with you
Chorus:
One more day
One more time
One more sunset maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again
I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still for one more day with you
One more day
First thing I'd do is pray for time to crawl
I'd unplug the telephone
Keep the TV off
I'd hold you every second
Say a million I love you's
That's what I'd do, with one more day with you
Chorus
Where am I? I thought, looking around me. I couldn't see anything but this thick swirling fog.
"David Thomas Jones, I can grant you one wish," a booming voice said from somewhere in the fog.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I will grant you one wish for anything you want." The voice avoided my question.
One wish for anything I want. I don't need money. I don't want a mansion in Malibu. There is only one thing I want.
"I wish for one more day with Beth," I said. Beth was my wife, or should I say my soon to be ex-wife. I screwed up our marriage about six months ago. We were on tour and all the pretty young girls flirting with me kind of went to my head. Here I was a man in my mid-fifties and all these girls were making a fuss over me. It really does a lot for an old man's ego.
Well, I took it a little too far one night and had one of the girls spend the night with me. Beth found out by calling my room the next morning to talk to me and the girl answered the phone. It wasn't the first time it had happened in our ten-year marriage. This time she left. It broke my heart but it was all my fault. If my ego hadn't taken over, it never would have happened.
I love Beth dearly and I wished for one more day with her to tell her I love her.
The alarm beside the bed went off and I reached to the table and turned it off. What a crazy dream, I thought. Then I felt the bed move and looked to the space beside me.
"Good morning, sweetheart."
It was Beth. How could that be? Had it not been a dream?
"Good morning, love," I said, smiling, glad to have her here. I reached out and pulled her close to me. "I love you, Beth. I could tell you a million times and it wouldn't be enough."
"I love you, too," she said kissing my lips. "What shall we do today?"
I thought about it for a moment. Maybe this was my wish coming true. If it was, I needed to spend every minute of this day with her.
"Let's spend the entire day together. I'll unplug the telephone and we won't even turn on the TV," I suggested.
We had a quick bite of breakfast and then sat on the couch talking about each other, the little things that we never seemed to have time to talk about. I told her my deepest fears and my biggest dreams and she told me hers. We talked about growing up and what it was like for each of us. I found out things I had never known.
For lunch we packed a picnic basket and went for a picnic in the park. We spread a blanket out and had sandwiches and wine. I read to her from a book of poetry she liked. I had never done anything like that before.
That afternoon we went horseback riding on a ranch nearby. We enjoyed the beautiful countryside and each other's company. We stopped by a creek and made love on the grass.
We went to the beach in the evening to watch the sun set into the water. I held her close as we stood on the wet sand, watching the sun inch closer and closer to the ocean. I knew when the day was over she would be gone.
When it was dark, we went back home and I lit a fire in the fireplace. We opened a bottle of champagne and had a light dinner of salad, then we sat by the fire.
"Beth, I love you very much and I want to apologize for everything I have ever done that hurt you. I know there have been many things. I never meant to hurt you. Please forgive me. I don't want to live without you."
She looked at me with loving eyes. "I love you, too, David. I know you never meant to hurt me and I forgive you. I love you too much to live without you, too."
I couldn't believe my ears. She forgave me. After what I did, she forgave me. I pulled her close to me and kissed her lips. We made love in front of the fireplace. I had never felt closer to her than I did then. We drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.
The alarm went off and I reached sleepily to turn it off. I rolled over and opened my eyes to find Beth was not there. She never was there. It was all a dream. I didn't get another day to try to make it up to her.
It's probably just as well. It would only leave me wishing for one more day with her.
The End.
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