In the final days of 1944 With just a preacher and a witness and a humble band of set out to find the future, not a penny to their name Still all the unknown danger, she knew her heart was safe
he was a rock, he was the one that 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 days of 1964 He found a family undivided, on the war Turning son against his elder, debating wrong and He was the image of his father, 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 in the bible Through all the sweetness in his And the of war He what God had made him for
In the final of summer 1944 Surrounded by his family and the presence of the He set out to his future, the one he'd always known He didn't to leave his family, but he knew 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 forever He knew that it was true, he a saint He is the one the saints bow to, a man, a man of his word
He is the one I run to, 'cause when he says the word, forever I know his word is true, he a saint He is the one the bow to to the man, the man of his word