In the final days of summer With just a preacher and a witness and a humble band of They set out to find the future, not a penny to their Still with all the unknown danger, she knew her heart was
'Cause he was a rock, he was the one she ran to And when he the words forever She knew it was true, he wasn't a saint But he was saint enough for her, he was a man, a man of his
In the final of summer 1964 He found a family undivided, on the war Turning son his elder, debating wrong and right He was the of his father, though they would not see eye to eye
he was a rock, he was the one the boy ran to 'Cause he said the words, 'I love you' He knew it was true, and even in the worst of storms was an anchor in his world, he was a man, a man of his word
Clutching a strong belief in the all the sweetness in his life And the of war He knew what God had him for
In the final days of summer Surrounded by his family and the of the Lord He set out to find his future, the one he'd known He didn't want to leave his family, but he deep in his soul (Lord had him home)
he was the rock, he was the one the man ran to And when he said the words He knew it was true, he wasn't a saint He is the one the saints bow to, a man, a man of his word
He is the one that I run to, 'cause when he the word, forever I his word is true, he isn't a saint He is the one the bow to to the man, the man of his word