Dave Young - Class of 1975 - Guilford, CT

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Dave Young 1957 - 2004
Class of 1975 - Guilford Senior High School
Guilford, CT

“Carved in the Grain”

(Verse 1)
He grew up where the tall pines stand,
By the lakes where the ripples ran.
Barefoot summers, chasing dreams,
Carving names in old oak beams.

(Verse 2)
Hands like his could shape the wood,
Make it right, make it good.
But some battles ain't with a saw and plane,
Some storms cut deeper than the grain.

(Chorus)
Oh, he tried, Lord, he tried,
Walking the line between dark and light.
Two little girls with his eyes so wide,
The reason he stood, the reason he cried.
But some roads twist, some hearts break,
Some good souls get lost on the way.

(Verse 3)
Art stood by him, through thick and thin,
Blood ain't the only kind of kin.
Watched him build, watched him fall,
Watched the weight of it take it all.

(Bridge)
There’s a chair he left unfinished,
A carving left undone.
But the wind still whispers his name,
Through the trees where he used to run.

(Chorus – Reprise)
Oh, he tried, Lord, he tried,
Walking the line between dark and light.
Two little girls with his eyes so wide,
The reason he stood, the reason he cried.
But some roads twist, some hearts break,
Some good souls get lost on the way.

(Outro)
Now the pines still stand, the lake still flows,
And somewhere beyond, I hope he knows.
The love he gave, the mark he made,
Still carved in the grain.

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