Down Hope Hollow

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Down Hope Hollow on our bikes, Just fourteen, the summer light, Two kids who didn't know the years, The laughter and the quiet tears. Then hazel eyes looked into mine, And love began, one summer's time. [Chorus] You're my first my last my everything, Through every season life would bring. Fifty years and I'd do it again, The Lord above, my dearest friend. Oh Dennis, still you hold the key, 'Cause you've been so good to me. [Verse 2] September, eighteenth seventy-six, We stood and made those sacred vows. A coal miner deep beneath the ground, Forty-three years, you gave it all. And when we lost our little boy, You held me close through it all. [Chorus] You're my first my last my everything, Through every season life would bring. Fifty years and I'd do it again, The Lord above, my dearest friend. Oh Dennis, still you hold the key, 'Cause you've been so good to me. [Bridge] Two babies born the same December day, Denny, Deanna, the gifts we'd pray. "I love you more than yesterday," And less than all our tomorrows. [Verse 3] If this world were mine to own, I'd lay it down before your throne. The sunny days, the moon's soft glow, I'd give it all, this much I know. And when this earthly road is through, In heaven, Dennis, I'll still have you. [Chorus] You're my first my last my everything, Through every season life would bring. Fifty years and I'd do it again, The Lord above, my dearest friend. [Outro] It started with us, it ends with us too, Forever, my love, I'll be holding you.