Lyrics

He was twenty and one years the day they were married She was a young girl just turned seventeen Hey belly was swelled with the child that she carried The unwelcome start of a God-given dream Day by day their love kept on growing Their light kept on glowing and shining so bright There's hope for the lovers that God draws together If they hang on 'til everything turns out alright While the young man broke horses and worked at the sawmill The young girl would sing to the baby inside She'd sing him the blues and some rock-n-roll music Then drift off to sleep with a sweet lullaby Day by day their love kept on growing Their light kept on glowing as the years flew on by There's hope for the family that God holds together If they hang on 'til everything turns out alright His fingers would glide 'cross the frets of the guitar Like slivers of light cross an azure blue sky The father and son with the prayers of the mother Still grew in the glow of the heavenly light Day by day their love kept on growing Burning and churning through the echoes of light The young girl went home to her heavenly Father While the husband and son sang the mother good-bye There's many a moonbeam gets lost in the forest And many a forest got burnt to the ground The son went with Jesus to be with his mother The father just fell to his knees on the ground Day by day his heart kept on breaking And aching to fly to his home in the sky But now he's arisen from the flames of the forest With songs from the family that never will die Day by day their love keeps on growing Their light keeps on growing and glowing so bright There's hope for the family that God holds together 'Til they all meet again in the sweet by and by