Phil Keaggy - How Can I Thank You? lyrics

Even when as a boy My heart would leap for joy To be along side of you In from Hollywood back to Hubbard A grand reunion took place Happy in your presence This little boy would smile Just at the sight of you Mom and Dad were proud, Sisters and brothers No doubts, and so was I Still we had some growing up to do, The first to grow was you Into the Kingdom Out of the shadows and into the light You made the great escape Tragedy touched us all, We were grief stricken And all motherless children God took her soul to heaven But gave us comfort and heard our cry At that very tender time there was you, Your hand in mine, it was you, Your face a shine with a glow not of this world Over these many years still I am indebted to you Oh I've said it none too many a time That I love you And how can I thank you, How can I thank you - thank you Mary Ellen I'm still a boy at heart, I sing for joy at the very thought of you So from Tennessee to Arizona My heart reaches over this country great Memories of that day when you took time For me to pray changed my life forever I've still got a ways to go But I wanted you to know I'll always remember At that very tender time there was you, Your hand in mine, it was you, Your face a shine with a glow not of this world Over these many years still I am indebted to you Oh I've said it none too many a time That I love you. And how can I thank you, how can I thank you, How can I thank you - and I love you