The Candle in the Dark

Lyrics

[Verse 1] City lights were burning bright that night Glowing down the street where you lived And the light from your window blinking on and off Called me to where you were Back when I was just a broken boy With more questions than a prayer Then a girl with those caring blue eyes Showed me someone could care [Chorus] Happy birthday Leonora, the love of my life Who held the candle in the dark You turned my world around, you gave me wings You're the rhythm of my beating heart Through every season, every storm You've been my home through it all Happy birthday, my forever girl There ain't a love that's quite like ours [Verse 2] Cold subway nights, no place to go You took me in and kept me warm I knew it then, I know it now You're the answer I was too afraid to ask You took my hand when life was rough And never once did let it go We built a family from nothing but The faith that we could grow [Chorus] Happy birthday Leonora, the love of my life Who held the candle in the dark You turned my world around, you gave me wings You're the rhythm of my beating heart Through every season, every storm You've been my home through it all Happy birthday, my forever girl There ain't a love that's quite like ours [Bridge] Leonora, you're the backbone of it all The reason that we stand so tall [Verse 3] Through the years you've never let me down Every laugh around our kitchen table Every memory shining bright Like the streetlight where you lived Leonora, our love was made in heaven I'll love you till the stars burn out You're my joy, my strength, my everything My forever and my why [Outro] Happy birthday, Leonora Till the end of time, I'm yours