Love Abides - Tom Russell

Look how far we’ve come

Do we know who we are?

Stranded on a mountaintop

Trying to catch a falling star

Here’s to what we’ve left behind us

Here’s to what we keep inside

May the road that lies before us

Lead to a place where love abides

I went walking with my darling

Through the early morning frost

Saw three crosses on the roadside

Where three young souls were lost

She says, «They're flying with the angels

Jesus took 'em for a ride

High above the Rio Grande

They found a place where love abides»

You might cross your burning deserts

You might walk your path alone

And a sudden storm may blind you

Shake your spirit to the bone

Seeking shelter for a weary heart

A place to rest, a place to hide

Then somewhere down your troubled road

You find a place where love abides

Our people came across the water

With their fearful untamed hearts

Standing on a foreign shoreline

They prayed for a brand new start

Then hand in hand across the mountains

And the raging rivers wide

They reached the distant ocean

Or found a place where love abides