In the final of summer 1944 With a preacher and a witness and a humble band of gold They set out to find the future, not a penny to name with all the unknown danger, she knew her heart was safe
'Cause he was a rock, he was the one she ran to And when he said the words She knew that it was true, he wasn't a But he was saint for her, he was a man, a man of his word
In the final of summer 1964 He found a undivided, divided on the war son against 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 when he said the words, 'I you' He knew that it was true, and even in the worst of There was an anchor in his world, he was a man, a man of his
a strong belief in the bible Through all the in his life And the of war He what God had made 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 knew deep in his (Lord had him home)
he was the rock, he was the one the man ran to And when he the words forever He knew it was true, he wasn't a saint He is the one the bow to, receiving a man, a man of his word
He is the one that I run to, 'cause when he says the word, I his word is true, he isn't a saint He is the one the bow to Come to the man, the man of his