I'm standin' at the edge of a grave Here lies the empty life that I chased Where death has lost its hold on me Your grip of love I could not escape And I'm walkin' in the valley of dry bones Where resurrection power starts to grow The breath of God now in my lungs I'll prophesy, His light has come Hallelujah I see the light I see the light Hallelujah Hope is alive Hope is alive I'm kneelin' at the foot of the cross My richest gains I count them all loss No more let sin and sorrow reign Through Jesus' blood I'm forever changed Hallelujah I see the light I see the light Hallelujah Hope is alive Hope is alive How wonderful, how glorious The story of Your love for us Oh the majesty, the mystery The story of Your love for me How wonderful, how glorious The story of Your love for us Oh the majesty, the mystery The story of Your love for me Hallelujah I see the light I see the light Hallelujah Hope is alive Hope is alive I see the light Yeah, I see the light

I lie half awake, late at night I reach out to touch, feel you by my side And I reach, and I reach, but I never get to feel you Will I ever get to feel you again? Again? Just one more time, one more moment to take you in my arms One more chance, one more kiss, before I wake to find you gone One more time, before I have to face another day And my heart breaks again It's only a dream, but it's also real I don't want it to end, but I know it will So I pray, and I pray, every night I'm on my knees Begging for the chance to see you again, again Just one more time, one more moment to take you in my arms One more chance, one more kiss, before I wake to find you gone One more time, before I have to face another day And my heart breaks again One more time, before I have to face another day And my heart breaks again, again

Faded sky, faded tan, floorboard still full of sand Summer heat's droppin', closin' up shoppin' Lonely boardwalk empty rides, ghosts of lovers wave goodbye The carnival's cryin', birds all flyin', south I take a turn on your Mama's street wishin' I could catch a peek Of you on that front step, like "Boy are you here yet?" But I know the truth in the lonesome sound of the choked leaves when they hit the ground Summertime's dyin' birds all flyin', south Well it might be over you might be gone Might not miss me you might've moved on But my love will still be hangin' around When the birds fly south I'm Passin' Burke's and that neon sign I laugh about the punch you threw that night No you never did like her, but I never thought you'd fight her And if I close my eyes I can feel your kiss taste the salt drippin' off your lips But I'm brought back down to Earth by a breeze so cold it hurts Well it might be over you might be gone Might not miss me you might've moved on But my love will still be hangin' around When the birds fly south When winter sets in When springtime rolls back to summer again Well it might be over you might be gone Might not miss me you might've moved on But my love will still be hangin' around When the birds fly south

We was just kids, but she looked like a woman Everything she was, was everything I wanted We were both willin', but still a little guarded She smiled, I smiled, that's when it all started The two of us in the backseat Lights off on a backstreet I'd show her and then she'd show me Right there, right there in the backseat Yeah, in the backseat I'd flashed the headlights and she slipped out the back door Didn't have to say nothin', we knew what we were here for With every first kiss, I could feel her heart race I'd fumble with the buttons while she was touchin' my face And what to do next, she knew that I didn't know She'd smile and say "Boy make it up as you go" The two of us in the backseat Lights off on a backstreet I'd show her and then she'd show me Right there, right there in the backseat Yeah, in the backseat Sometimes I think about her, yeah sometimes I guess you never forget your first time The two of us in the backseat Lights off on a backstreet I'd show her and then she'd show me Right there, right there in the backseat Yeah, in the backseat