(Verse 1)
A little Ballad for Nick and Fran
Few thoughts when driving
In your car
Time is now
to think of how
Things change—it’s the way things are.
It doesn’t mean you’ve changed so far.
What to do when things get tough?
Walk and see how the body flows.
Nothing’s more important when everything goes.
(Chorus)
Take some time to take a look, and see
Just how sad it really could be.
You have some health, you have some people.
You might not climb to the highest steeple.
(Verse 2)
Ask the man who lives upstairs—
He knows all truth, all problems, and cares.
A blip, a hiccup in the daily step—
A time that soon you’ll easy forget.
(Bridge)
Those who know will remind you one day
Of the things you did forget along the way.
(Outro)
Things change—it’s the way things are.
But it doesn’t mean you’ve fallen far.
Chorus:A light still shines through the darkest skies,There’s a hand to guide when you close your eyes.When you feel too weak to stand alone,Look to love’s unbroken stone.Through every storm, you’ve come so far,Let faith remind you who you are.Together you’ll rise, and love will show:There’s more to life than what you know.
Verse 2:Every scar, a story written,Every tear, a prayer unseen.Heaven watches as you wonderWhat it all was meant to mean.But kindness grows where hearts still bend,And mercy never fades.When you lift your eyes to others’ pain,You find your own heart’s way.
Bridge:There’s grace in giving what you can,There’s healing in a helping hand.When you share the weight you bear,You find the strength that’s always there.
Chorus (repeat):A light still shines through the darkest skies,There’s a hand to guide when you close your eyes.When you feel too weak to stand alone,Look to love’s unbroken stone.Through every storm, you’ve come so far,Let faith remind you who you are.Together you’ll rise, and love will show:There’s more to life than what you know.
Verse 3:
Many eyes are watching.
Your journey right now.
A hiccup lad.
That is all.
Stay close
Be together
Find Something to enthrall
Just one or two.Outro:So take their hand, don’t be afraid,The future’s written in the steps you’ve made.For love’s not lost, it’s always near—In every breath, in every tear.Hold on, hold on—you’ll see, you’ll find:A light still shines, your hearts still shine.
Michael Forty