Carry What He Told

Verse 1

Mississippi morning on my radio

Preacher on the dial singing soft and low

I got his old acoustic in my shaking hands

Learning every hallelujah line he had planned

Verse 2

He left a worn-out Bible on the windowsill

Promise that he'd meet me by the river still

I trace the name he wrote in pencil on the spine

Every tear I carry turning holy over time

Chorus

Sing it soft and sing it slow

Somewhere down the road we go

Grace is heavy but it folds

I'm gonna carry what he told

Hallelujah stay in key

Till the light comes back to me

Verse 3

We used to hum together when the rain came down

Two voices on an old oak porch in a sleepy town

Him a steady alto and me a shaky high

Reaching for a note we swore was in the sky

Chorus

Sing it soft and sing it slow

Somewhere down the road we go

Grace is heavy but it folds

I'm gonna carry what he told

Hallelujah stay in key

Till the light comes back to me

Bridge

I'm holding out the last refrain

Waiting on that low refrain

When I hear his voice again

Ooh I'll be singing then

Chorus

Sing it soft and sing it slow

Somewhere down the road we go

Grace is heavy but it folds

I'm gonna carry what he told

Hallelujah amen

Till I see you again