The Big Shoe Dance

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Forty-four years, a lifetime of grace, A door swinging open, a light on your face. You came home from service, you'd tip up your hat, And a smile in the kitchen would sweep me off flat. On my hardest of days when the world felt so blue, You'd break out that big shoe dance, and I'd laugh right on cue. [Chorus] Oh Charles, you were lucky in love, that's what you'd say, But I was the lucky one, blessed every day. You gave all your years to the ones you held dear, And though you've gone home, love, I still feel you here. [Verse 2] Twenty years in the ranks, then the classroom you led, Twenty-six more years, so many young hearts you fed. A Sergeant Major, standing tall to the last, Thousands of lives that you touched as you passed. They told us the storm would take you too fast, But you fought like a bulldog, made every day last. [Chorus] Oh Charles, you were lucky in love, that's what you'd say, But I was the lucky one, blessed every day. You gave all your years to the ones you held dear, And though you've gone home, love, I still feel you here. [Bridge] Little ones won't remember your name, But Megan and I, we'll keep your flame. We'll tell them of grace, of a man so true, And how much their grandfather loved them too. [Verse 3] Brenda still carries the light that you gave, Steady and gentle, so tender and brave. I'll dance in the kitchen the way that you'd do, And I'll feel every heartbeat still beating for you. [Chorus] Oh Charles, you were lucky in love, that's what you'd say, But I was the lucky one, blessed every day. [Outro] Rest easy, my soldier, your service is done, You'll always be, love, my one and only one.