The Grace of Renee

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

Four names written inside her Bible

Angie and Annette

John and Marty

Counting every head to make sure we were all home safe

Working double shifts at Post twenty-three

Serving coffee and kindness

Tucking gray dollars in a jar on the counter

Just to keep the lights burning bright

Pre-Chorus

She still looks at the empty side of the bed

Where David used to sleep before the fog moved in

Even when he forgot

She never stopped holding his hand

Chorus

Renee you are the anchor in the rising tide

The quiet strength on a Sunday evening

Leading us to the lanes to hear the pins crash down

Oh Mama

You are the grace we didn't know we needed

True as a country mile

Verse 2

Blue plastic season passes

Summer days at New Boston pool

Smelling like chlorine and freedom

Running wild across the floor at Skateland

Scratched-up knees and wild-child hair

Walking home through the thick brush

I remember those vines around my ankles

Shaking your head at the poison ivy on my skin

Pre-Chorus

She still looks at the empty side of the bed

Where David used to sleep before the fog moved in

Even when he forgot

She never stopped holding his hand

Chorus

Renee you are the anchor in the rising tide

The quiet strength on a Sunday evening

Leading us to the lanes to hear the pins crash down

Oh Mama

You are the grace we didn't know we needed

True as a country mile

Bridge

Retired now but your hands stay busy

Fixing hearts

Sharing memories

Missing the man you loved for a lifetime

Chorus

Renee you are the anchor in the rising tide

The quiet strength on a Sunday evening

Leading us to the lanes to hear the pins crash down

Oh Mama

You are the grace we didn't know we needed

True as a country mile