Lighthouse Before the Shoals

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Followed a friend home after school Just a boy with scraped-up knees Didn't know that ordinary day Would set my whole life free Then I met those ocean eyes And I stammered like a fool [Verse 2] Year by year I'd come around Just to breathe the same sweet air Two years older, kind and patient With a boy who didn't dare Then my family moved out west And the letters kept us tied Time moved on the way it does And the world pulled us aside [Chorus] You're the calm inside my storm You're the light that guides me home Through every road that took me far You brought me back where I belong Oh Rosanne, my steady shore I'm grateful, more and more [Verse 3] Decades passed, the dark moved in And the shoals were drawing near I was lost out on those waters With nobody to hear By the Lord's own providence You found me at my worst A lighthouse in the blackest night You broke that lonesome curse [Chorus] You're the calm inside my storm You're the light that guides me home Through every road that took me far You brought me back where I belong Oh Rosanne, my steady shore I'm grateful, more and more [Bridge] The battles in my mind don't sleep But your love quiets every sound You understand the man I am Rosanne, you are my ground [Verse 4] So here's a song, just because For the girl with ocean eyes For the woman who still saves me Every time the darkness rises You are my life, my truest friend From schoolyard days till the very end [Outro] Rosanne, my steady shore I'm grateful, forevermore