Built It on a Candle

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There's a kind of love that finds you When the road has worn you down When the lights go out at midnight And there's no one else around We were broken when we met, dear Two hearts patched with fraying thread Six little ones between us And a thousand prayers unsaid [Chorus] But we built it on a candle When the power couldn't stay We laughed inside the darkness 'Cause love had found its way Through the struggle, through the storm clouds Every tear and every climb Here's to ten years and forever You've been worth every line [Verse 2] I remember winter evenings With nothing but your hand How we whispered all our dreams out On the cold linoleum sand We didn't have the answers We didn't have a dime But oh, we had each other And somehow that bought us time [Chorus] We built it on a candle When the power couldn't stay We laughed inside the darkness 'Cause love had found its way Through the struggle, through the storm clouds Every tear and every climb Here's to ten years and forever You've been worth every line [Bridge] Oh Jimmy, look how far we've come From empty rooms to setting suns [Verse 3] Now the house is quiet, Jimmy Just the two of us tonight Kids are grown and chasing sunsets And the future's burning bright You're still the only shelter That my weary heart will need A decade in, I'd marry you A thousand times indeed [Chorus] We built it on a candle When the power couldn't stay We laughed inside the darkness 'Cause love had found its way Through the struggle, through the storm clouds Every tear and every climb Here's to ten years and forever You've been worth every line [Outro] Happy anniversary, Jimmy Still dancing in the glow