Three

Prompt

Upbeat modern country, deep male baritone, rich low country voice. Chris Stapleton meets Toby Keith with Jimmy Buffett storytelling. Acoustic guitar, fiddle, pedal steel, light drums. Funny, heartfelt, romantic, nostalgic. Audience singalong chorus. Celebration of marriage, travel adventures, family, and growing old together. LYRICS [Verse 1] Three, six, nine is a good number At least that's what I've always said Though back in twenty-ten I missed our first anniversary And nearly wound up dead Shelley keeps receipts on everything She don't let details slip away I call it ancient history She calls it Tuesday [Chorus] Three, six, nine is a good number I'll probably say it till I'm gone But the best thing that ever happened to me Was finding the woman I've leaned upon She's the brains, I'm the execution Well... eventually when I start She's been improving this old cowboy One bad habit at a time, sweetheart [Verse 2] I stack my poker chips in perfect piles Count 'em once then count 'em twice Convinced if I keep looking at 'em They're somehow gonna multiply Shelley learned wealth and style from YouTube And just about everything else too While I'm watching videos I'll never use She's already following through [Verse 3] I chew ice cubes, drive a little fast Treat some rules like a suggestion Shelley spends a lot of time Correcting my interpretation Burger on Monday, burger on Tuesday Burger every chance I get She introduced me to real food And vegetables I hadn't met [Pre-Chorus] I grew up eating chili from a can Potatoes from a box were gourmet Now I'm eating things I can't pronounce And somehow liking them today [Chorus] Three, six, nine is a good number But she probably kept me alive I used to joke about "Dead By Fifty" Now I'm fifty-plus and still alive She's the reason, let's be honest The evidence is hard to deny Without Shelley teaching me how to eat I'd have been a medical surprise [Verse 4] Down in Hawaii I spotted a swimming pool Thought three feet deep wasn't much at all One step later I disappeared completely Making quite an unexpected fall Shelley laughed so hard she nearly cried Everybody else joined in I climbed out soaked and humbled Still haven't heard the end [Verse 5] Then Mexico had another lesson Courtesy of excursion guides I said, "I'm staying nice and dry right here" They had different plans in mind Next thing I know they're dragging me laughing Straight into the ocean blue Shelley's laughing harder than everybody else 'Cause she'd warned me what they'd do [Bridge] She's strong enough to stand her ground Strong enough to fight for what is right Smart enough to solve the impossible Still the prettiest girl in sight And somewhere between the flights and laughter And all the miles we travelled through Our two little girls became young women That's still hard