Song Description

Now in my sixties, I'm cherishing the beautiful life God has granted me. My early years were tough, a childhood with family challenges and strife. But everything shifted, I think, at (around) age ten, when my uncle took me out to fish--moments that made all the difference, where the Eastern Sierras were a magical getaway from the troubles of the valley below. Those near-holy moments still warm my spirit, resonating within me even now, after all these years. I see them when I hug my wife, w

Lyrics

I'm in an old chevy truck going just thirty-five
Dawn light break'n on the countryside
There down the bend, by the water's edge
Are footprints I left behind

VERSE 2
Just my uncle and I with a line and a pole
Cast'n 'way troubles from the valley below
His calloused hand rest'n calm on my shoulder
The memories grow strong, the more I grow older

CHORUS 1
Oooh, the places I go as my mind wanders so
To fish'n holes and old gravel roads
Where mountains reign high
Dreams touch the sky
And those sacred waters beckon my soul

VERSE 3
A campsite at night down Five Bridges Road
Fireside light where the stories are told
A billion stars quiet both boys and men
I close my eyes, I'm back there again

CHORUS 1

BRIDGE
I've been to heaven, I've held it's gold
I've heard angels sing'n where clear water flows

CHORUS 2
Oh, these places I know, now my heart longs to go
To a fish'n hole down an old gravel road
Where the mountains reign high
And that boy touched the sky
How those sacred waters beckon my soul

TAG
Those sacred waters...and old gravel roads