Song Description

SONG OF A YOUNGER BROTHER OFF TO WAR AND HOW LIFE CONTINUES AFTER ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED

Lyrics

THE BRIDGE
rmartin
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THEY BUILT A NEW BRIDGE OUT ON HIGHWAY 95
IT WAS SURE LONG OVERDUE
EVERY TIME I CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
AND I LOOK BACK IN MY REAR VIEW

IN ALL THE TIME IT TOOK TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE
I CAN?T BELIEVE THAT LIFE COULD CHANGE THE WAY IT DID

MY YOUNGER BROTHER WENT OFF TO WAR
THINK HE WANTED TO SETTLE THE SCORE
MAMA SAID HE WAS SPREADING HIS WINGS
I WAS SAVING FOR A PROMISE RING

TWO SUMMERS WITHOUT RAINFALL
GRAMPA HAD TO MAKE A DESPERATE CALL
HE GAVE THAT LAND ALL HE COULD GIVE
I CAN SEE IT ALL EVERYTIME I CROSS THAT BRIDGE


IT TOOK A WHILE BUT THAT TOWN GOT BACK ON IT?S FEET
AND THERE WAS HOPE AGAIN
I GRADUATED AND CAME HOME WITH MY DEGREE
MAMA JUST PRAYED FOR THE WAR TO END

DADDY TOLD HER YOU GOT TO LIVE AND LET LIVE
AND IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE

MY BEST FRIEND BECAME MY WIFE
I SAID A PRAYER THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
BOUGHT A HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
OUR BABY GIRL TURNED MY LIFE AROUND

GRAMMA HAD TO GET HER OWN WHEELCHAIR
GRAMPA HE TOOK HER EVERYWHERE
MAMA SAT BY THE TELEPHONE
MY YOUNGER BROTHER NEVER MADE IT BACK HOME

MAN THAT WAS HARD TO TAKE HE WAS JUST A KID
I SEE HIM STANDING THERE EVERY TIME I CROSS THAT BRIDGE