Song Description

Written from a perspective of 30 years the writer pays tribute to his wife for helping him rediscover his creative art.

Lyrics

By The Time You Finally Found Me

By the time you finally found me
I had almost forgotten
I could barely remember
And song I?d ever written
So long ago when my heart was aching
For a girl who?d gone away
And all my friends were moving on without me
I was the only one who stayed...way back then

By the time you finally found me
I was living alone
I?d been a few years clean and sober
I guess my heart had kinda turned to stone
I had walked out on all three women
Fool enough to say I do
I?d win their hearts then I?d dream of leavin
cause leaving was the best that I could do...in the end

But by the time I finally met you
I think I?d given up on love
I?d caused such pain chasing my fantasies
When you were the one I was dreaming of
But one night when we were talking
I said I used to play guitar
next thing I knew those old songs came back to me back to me
Just like the light of my long lost stars

And I thought I must be dreamin
I saw a tear came to your eye
Was it real or was it just the candlelight?
and you looked bout ready to cry
But every song I sang felt like I?d written it for you
And singing them had never felt so right
It felt like meeting an old friend for the very first time
like God had listened to my prayers at night...now comin true

By the time you finally found me,
I was well on down the line
Still the same old selfish dreamer,.
But not so far out of my mind
Though I?d outgrown most of my worst illusions ,
I still had a few to lose
But I was ready by that time to recognize you
I saw my roads all led to you...led to you


© 2005 Kurtis Lehman