Quiet Refrain

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Forty-six years of morning light, Coffee shared, the world made right. Some loves are loud, and some are deep, Quiet rivers, oceans keep. Through every storm, through every flame, Steady hands and a steady name. [Chorus] Oh, what a love, what a faithful song, Strong as the years we've carried on. Hand in hand through the dark and day, A quiet kind of love that stays. Through every loss, through every prayer, Always you, always there. [Verse 2] A surgeon's hands, a father's heart, You held our world from the very start. The hardest day, you laid her down, Gave her light to another town. Her heartbeat lives, somewhere it sings, Beneath the weight of impossible things. [Chorus] Oh, what a love, what a faithful song, Strong as the years we've carried on. Hand in hand through the dark and day, A quiet kind of love that stays. Through every loss, through every prayer, Always you, always there. [Bridge] David, you don't say it loud, But I have read it in every cloud, In birthday cards, in gentle eyes, In how you stayed when the waters rise. [Verse 3] We lost the house, we lost the shore, Built it back, then built some more. Three good sons out making their way, Dogs in heaven, friends who stay. Just us two now, movies and rain, David, my love, my quiet refrain. [Chorus] Oh, what a love, what a faithful song, Strong as the years we've carried on. Hand in hand through the dark and day, A quiet kind of love that stays. Through every loss, through every prayer, Always you, always there. [Outro] David, here we are, still you and me, Steady as we'll ever be.