River of Time

I was just a kid with a backpack and a dream

You sat two rows ahead in the midday sunbeam

We traded notes and laughter in the hallway light

Didn't know that day would fade into the night

Then your folks packed the car,

you were gone in the fall

I kept your number in a shoebox,

never made the call

Fifteen years and a river of time

You were a whisper I held in the back of my mind

Now your name lights up my phone,

like a fire in the cold And the story we started is

finally being told Life brought us back,

stronger than before

And I'm ready to build something more

I see the man you've become in the lines around your eyes

And the little boy,

Bailey, with your same surprised surprise

He's got your laugh,

your heart, your gentle kind of grace

And I see a future written in the space between his face

He showed me a drawing of a house with a big front

door

And I knew right then I wasn't leaving

anymore

Fifteen years and a river of time

You were a whisper I held in the back of my mind

Now your name lights up my phone,

like a fire in the cold And the story we started is

finally being told

Life brought us back,

stronger than before

And I'm ready to build something more

We don't get second chances every day

But the road that was lost has

found its way

Bailey, you and me,

a family brand new Every single broken piece led me straight to

you

Fifteen years and a river of time

You were a whisper I held in the back of my mind

Now your name lights up my phone,

like a fire in the cold And the story we started is

finally being told Life brought us back,

stronger than before

And I'm ready to build something more

Yeah, I'm ready to build something more

With you and Bailey by that front door