Grateful

Daylight disappearing, fading out of sight

Knowing that tomorrow will be beautiful and bright

Snow when it arrives and reminds me of the glow

That lasts until the evening when it rests so far below

The songs that find their way into a book that I keep

The words and the melodies that hide inside me deep

The friends who have arrived, and the friends who don't belong

The friends still here with me like the mystery of this song

These are the things that I adore

The things I'm grateful for

These are the things I'm grateful for

The things I'm grateful for

My father, how he worked himself down to the bone

Long shifts inside the shadows, only a voice over the phone

My mother, how she bore me as I pushed against her will

Knowing that I can call her and she listens still

These are the things that I adore

The things I'm grateful for

These are the things I'm grateful for

The things I'm grateful for

My sisters and my brothers, how we laugh until we drop

The way we stick together with no intention to ever stop

My nieces, when they hug me and ask me not to leave

My nephews, when they tell me all the dreams they conceive

These are the things that I adore

The things I'm grateful for

These are the things I'm grateful for

The things I'm grateful for

I always know where I can go

When I roam again I return home again

The bed that rests my mind at the end of the day

The morning that always greets me with the sunshine on display

My Savior and His passion freeing me from sin

Opening up the door to let heaven's light shine in

These are the things that I adore

The things I'm grateful for

These are the things I'm grateful for

The things I'm grateful for