Right Where We Left Off

Verse 1 Grand Forks winters, daycare halls Two young women finding their call You with stories you didn’t say Us just standing there anyway Airbase shadows, borrowed hope A baby girl and learning to cope Brittney wrapped in your steady hands Braver than you ever planned Pre-Chorus Some friends talk Some friends stay Some just see you And never look away Chorus We pick up right where we left off No time lost, no bridges crossed Thirty-six years and a thousand miles Still feels like Diet Coke and shared smiles Life may move, seasons shift But some souls never drift Through every road we’ve walked across We land right where we left off Verse 2 Orders came and you had to go Followed the uniform you didn’t choose to know But you found your way back home again Stronger than you’d ever been New York classrooms, teacher days Single mom in a thousand ways Soccer fields with Brittney’s name You built a life out of steady flame Pre-Chorus You found your ground You found your grace Made a safe and better place Chorus We pick up right where we left off No score kept, no lines to cross Summer weekends at the lake Ski rope lines and sunburned days Years go quiet, but love stays strong Like we were never gone that long Through every road we’ve walked across We land right where we left off Bridge (Blended Life Chapter) Then came Greg with his two girls Blended hearts in a brand new world Brittney gained some sisters too More love growing — just like we knew Backyard pools and grandkids loud Side-by-sides kicking up dust clouds Parallel lives we didn’t see Different roads, same loyalty Light Moment Verse (Sneakers Line Included) Craft beer nights and country songs Laughing like we’re still that young You say “sneakers,” we shake our heads Where we’re from, that means something else instead Break (Soft, Shared Voice) You once said we saw you true No judgment, just the real you Truth is, you did the same for us That kind of bond is built on trust Final Chorus We pick up right where we left off Sixtieth candles, jokes we toss Miles don’t measure what we’ve known You were never walking alone Next trip’s ours, we’ll make it soon Maybe Thanksgiving afternoon Through every road we’ve walked across We land right where we left off Outro From Grand Forks snow to silver hair Still that laughter in the air If life rewound and we could choose We’d still walk those years with you