Livin' Bright Again

Intro

Yeah, twenty years... gone like a freight train in the night

(oh Lord)

Verse

Packed her bags in the dead of dawn,

Didn't even say goodbye, just gone.

Twenty years of buildin' this life together,

Now it's just me and the echo in these empty rooms forever.

Truck's still sittin' in the drive, covered in dust,

Beer cans pilin' up, drownin' in the rust.

Heart's hangin' heavy like a plow in the mud,

Wonderin' how I lost the only love I ever really loved.

Chorus

She left me low, down in the dirt, hurtin' so bad I could barely breathe,

Twenty years tossed like yesterday's news, brought me to my knees.

But I called out to Jesus, yeah I cried His holy name,

He wrapped me in His mercy, pulled me right out of the flame.

Now I'm risin' up, singin' loud, livin' bright again,

Thank you Jesus, amen, amen.

Livin' bright again, yeah, amen.

Verse

Nights got longer, whiskey burned like fire in my veins,

Stared at the ceilin', fightin' chains of all this pain.

Friends said "boy, move on, find another pretty face,"

But I couldn't see the light, lost in this dark, empty space.

Then one Sunday mornin', preacher's words hit me like rain,

Fell to my knees right there, washed away the shame.

Chorus

She left me low, down in the dirt, hurtin' so bad I could barely breathe,

Twenty years tossed like yesterday's news, brought me to my knees.

But I called out to Jesus, yeah I cried His holy name,

He wrapped me in His mercy, pulled me right out of the flame.

Now I'm risin' up, singin' loud, livin' bright again,

Thank you Jesus, amen, amen.

Livin' bright again, yeah, amen.

Bridge

He mended what was broken, lit a fire in my soul,

Turned my mournin' into dancin', made this old heart whole.

No more shadows hangin' 'round, I'm free, I'm alive,

Walkin' tall on that narrow road, with Jesus by my side.

Chorus

She left me low, down in the dirt, hurtin' so bad I could barely breathe,

Twenty years tossed like yesterday's news, brought me to my knees.

But I called out to Jesus, yeah I cried His holy name,

He wrapped me in His mercy, pulled me right out of the flame.

Now I'm risin' up, singin' loud, livin' bright again,

Thank you Jesus, amen, amen.

Livin' bright again, yeah, amen, amen.

Outro

Yeah, livin' bright again...

(amen, yeah)

Bright again.