Story Behind The Song
Based on a couple of relationships of people I knew where a death happened.
Song Description
A reflection on love and loyalty through the sickness and death of a spouse.
| Song Length |
4:36 |
Genre |
Folk - General, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Poignant |
Subject |
Loving Marriage, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Reba Mcentire, Harry Chapin |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Thick and Thin (N. Ball/T. Saputo)
There were times when graceful exits
must have made a lot of sense.
But you never took that option
cut your losses, skipped the rent.
When you lived within the furnace
that I'd lit to hide my pain,
I could tell I had an angel
with the heart to drown the flames
Chorus:
Thick and thin
it's the glue that holds me here.
Thick and thin
it's the love that keeps me near.
Thick and thin
it's the gift of being true.
Thick and thin
it's the faith I learned from you.
When the illness came upon you,
I'd been schooled in what to do.
I just followed in your footsteps
of the one-who-walks-for-two.
So I'm here to live a promise
like the one you lived through me.
There is no outbreak of sickness
that can break our unity.
Chorus:
Thick and thin
it's the glue that holds me here.
Thick and thin
it's the love that keeps me near.
Thick and thin
it's the gift of being true.
Thick and thin
it's the faith I learned from you.
When they buried you on Sunday
half of me crawled in that hole.
I could barely hear the preacher say that
time would heal my soul.
Still I wonder how this preacher
who presided on our vows
sees a life for me without you
cause right now, I don't see how.
Chorus:
Thick and thin...
c Norman Ball, 2003