From Where It All Began

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Some things are written long before we know A quiet pull, a tide that's running slow A cousin says, "Just take her to the dance" And two kids walk into their only chance The years may drift like rivers finding sea But what's meant to hold will hold eventually [Chorus] Through every storm that shook the ground we stood on Through every night that tried to steal the dawn Love didn't bend, love didn't break Love was the fire no wind could take And I would choose this road again Every single step, from where it all began [Verse 2] Five years apart, but something pulled us back Like stars that wander off and find their track Two years of knowing this was always right Then standing at the altar in the light And Sally, with those brown eyes shining through I couldn't catch my breath for loving you [Chorus] Through every storm that shook the ground we stood on Through every night that tried to steal the dawn Love didn't bend, love didn't break Love was the fire no wind could take And I would choose this road again Every single step, from where it all began [Bridge] She fought the fight not once but three times over While raising Pat, Michael, and Theresa on her feet And on the darkest day, when pain had nearly won her I came home to find my dinner waiting there for me I couldn't eat — my God, the strength it took To think of me while barely holding on That's when I knew, that's always when I've known Sally's love is something not of this world alone [Verse 3] A rainy day in Venice, soaked right through We grabbed some cheese and grapes for me and you Back to the room, we ate upon the bed The rain kept on, and nothing more was said Five feet of courage, faith that only grew The baby of eight, still giving all she knew She held my parents close inside our home She carried me through dark I couldn't face alone Fifty years, and still I catch my breath When Sally walks into the room — there's nothing left [Chorus] Through every storm that shook the ground we stood on Through every night that tried to steal the dawn Love didn't bend, love didn't break Love was the fire no wind could take And I would choose this road again Every single step, from where it all began [Outro] Forty-three years married, fifty years of grace Sally, I still can't believe I'm the one Who gets to see that face