In the days of summer 1944 With just a preacher and a witness and a humble of gold set out to find the future, not a penny to their name Still with all the unknown danger, she knew her heart was
he was a rock, he was the one that she ran to And he said 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 days of summer He a family undivided, divided on the war Turning son his elder, debating wrong and right He was the image of his father, though 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 that it was true, and even in the worst of storms There was an in his world, he was a man, a man of his word
Clutching a strong belief in the Through all the in his life And the of war He what God had made him for
In the final days of summer by his family and the presence of the Lord He set out to find his future, the one he'd always 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 the words forever He that it was true, he wasn't a saint He is the one the saints bow to, receiving a man, a man of his
He is the one that I run to, 'cause when he 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