From Empty Hands to Everything

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We started out with empty hands, Just faith and dreams and simple plans. We built our world from dust and prayer, Through lean and hungry years out there. And every mile that seemed too long, Somehow together we grew strong. [Chorus] I'd walk it all again with you, Through storms we weathered, skies of blue. God first, then you my whole life through, There's nothing that I wouldn't do. I gave my heart, I gave my days, And I'd love you all the same always. [Verse 2] July the twenty-first came round, The day my greatest treasure found. I wouldn't trade that vow for gold, For all the riches life could hold. The children came, then more, then more, Grandkids running through our door. [Chorus] I'd walk it all again with you, Through storms we weathered, skies of blue. God first, then you my whole life through, There's nothing that I wouldn't do. I gave my heart, I gave my days, And I'd love you all the same always. [Bridge] Melainie, I'm not the man I was, But I still rise for you because No mistake could break this thread, I'd choose you, love, all over again. [Verse 3] My hands are slower than before, These aching bones can't do much more. But I still know just what is true, The truest thing has always been you. Melainie, come and take my hand, Great-grandkids on this promised land. [Chorus] I'd walk it all again with you, Through storms we weathered, skies of blue. God first, then you my whole life through, There's nothing that I wouldn't do. I gave my heart, I gave my days, And I'd love you all the same always. [Outro] From rags to riches, still I stand, Melainie, forever, hand in hand.