WHAT HE BEGAN

(written by Kenneth Cope)

 

Most every start has an ending

Most every road takes a turn

Spring flies to autumn

Those young days forgotten

And we’re looking back on what we were

 

Candles and torches need lighting

But soon someone’s passing them on

Leaving to others

Those frontiers discovered

And a flame that burns on when he’s gone

 

CHORUS:

He broke the roads I travel

He cleared the skies I fly

This fruit I eat was nurtured by his hand

Now my heart swells like a fountain

As I watch him say good-bye

And leave to you and me what he began

 

The darkest of nights sees the morning

But who’ll rise on up and seize the day?

Who’ll take some chances

And push for advances

Every step of the way?

 

Too many dreams lie sleeping

Afraid that to wake means to fail

But he’s been the strong one

The “reach for the stars” one

And love lit that fire in his veins

 

REPEAT CHORUS

 

I won’t fail the dream that he began

 

© 1998 Mohrgüd Music (BMI)