Story Behind The Song

A BIBLE DATED 1819 FOUND IN A BOX OF OLD BOOKS

Song Description

OUR SINGER REFLECTS ON HIS MARRIAGE.... ALL THE SADNESS AND JOY OF LOVE AND FAMILY

Lyrics

THE FAMILY BIBLE


THERE'S A BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
HOLDS THE MEMORIES OF OUR LIVES
AND THE STORIES THAT THEY TELL
PAINT AN OVERFLOWING WELL
OF THE LOVE THAT'S LIVING INSIDE

THERE'S A WHITE ROSE TIED WITH BLUE RIBBON
YOU WORE ON OUR WEDDING DAY
AND ANOTHER ROSE LYING RIGHT BESIDE IT
WE SAVED FROM YOUR BRIDAL BOUQUET
A LOCKE OF HAIR A BOOKMARK EMBROIDERY (FADED NOW)
LIKE THE LINES OF A LONG FORGOTTEN POEM
OUR BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
HOLDS THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY AND OUR HOME

HERE'S A PROGRAM FROM ANNIES' PLAY OFF BROADWAY
SHE DREAMS OF FORTUNE AND FAME
A COPY OF OUR SONS FIRST TINY FOOTPRINTS
WHEN WE LOST HIM I JUST COULDN'T BARE THE PAIN

HERE'S THE NOTICE THE PAPER WROTE FOR DADDY
I LOVE THE PHOTOGRAPH WE CHOSE
AND BESIDE IT THERE?S A PICTURE OF DEAR MAMA
SHE LOVED THAT OLD STRAW HAT WITH ALL THE BOWS

A LOCK OF HAIR, TUCKED BETWEEN THE PAGES
CHAPTER ONE IN THE OF JOB
LIKE THE VERSES THAT ARE CIRCLED BY GREAT GRANDMA
THAT REMIND US WE?RE NEVER ALONE
THE BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
HOLDS THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY AND OUR HOME

TAG: THERE'S A BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
IT HOLDS THE MEMORIES OF OUR LIVES



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THE FAMILY BIBLE

THERE'S A BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
IT HOLDS THE MEMORIES OF OUR LIVES
AND THE STORIES THAT THEY TELL
PAINT AN OVERFLOWING WELL
OF THE LOVE THAT'S LIVING INSIDE

THERE'S A WHITE ROSE TIED WITH BLUE RIBBON
I WORE ON OUR WEDDING DAY
AND ANOTHER ROSE LYING RIGHT BESIDE IT
WE SAVED FROM YOUR BRIDAL BOUQUET

A LOCKE OF HAIR A BOOKMARK EMBROIDERY (FADED NOW)
LIKE THE LINES OF A LONG FORGOTTEN POEM
OUR BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
HOLDS THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY AND OUR HOME


HERE'S A PROGRAM FROM ANNIES' PLAY OFF BROADWAY
SHE DREAMS OF FORTUNE AND FAME
AND A COPY OF OUR SONS' FIRST TINY FOOTPRINTS
WHEN WE LOST HIM I JUST COULDN'T BARE THE PAIN


HERE'S THE NOTICE THE PAPER WROTE FOR DADDY
I LOVE THE PHOTOGRAPH WE CHOSE
AND BESIDE IT THERE'S A PICTURE OF DEAR MAMA
SHE LOVED THAT OLD STRAW HAT WITH ALL THE BOWS

A LOCK OF HAIR, TUCKED BETWEEN THE PAGES
CHAPTER ONE IN THE BOOK OF JOB
LIKE THE VERSES THAT ARE CIRCLED BY GRANDMA
THAT REMIND US WE'RE NEVER ALONE
THE BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
HOLDS THE HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY AND OUR HOME

THERE'S A BIBLE ON THE TABLE IN THE HALLWAY
IT HOLDS THE MEMORIES OF OUR LIVES




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