Verse 1:

I make that familiar turn into our old neighborhood

Passing the same frontyards I’ve passed 1,000 times

Comes a picture into view your young-boy self so tan and lean

Pedd’ling around your domain till dinner time called you home…

Chorus:

Now here we are, spinnin’ ‘round

Traveling over uneven ground

Trying hard to veer around the deepest holes of sorrow, ooooooo

Broken by grief, redeemed by love.

Verse 2:

As a man you stole ev’ry chance to mount your bike and chase the wind

An unbridled meditation for your soul

You held us all in your great big heart but Maria was your North Star

And Kyle and Morgan know who they are and how proud they made their dad

Bridge:

In case you didn’t know, though I guess you probably do

Morgan had a baby, she named it after you

Kyle won an Emmy and he and Maddie bought a house

Samm’s on the West Coast–he’s in San Franciso now

Mom got an Iphone, can you believe that?

Her garbled texts would have surely made you laugh

[Chorus]

The picture I hold of you now, back straight, head up, shoulders down

Flying through the Cerulean blue like a shooting star

Everything reminds me of you, goldfinches on the feeder,

Something funny you’d have said, if you had been here.

And yes, little brother, you’d-a-made-the-best Grampa ever.