Nifty Song Lyrics

I love this song! It's by Amy Grant's ex-husband, Gary Chapman, and it makes me cry. *Sniff sniff*. Ah, crap, not again!.

The Bridge
By Gary Chapman

There is a river running through this town
It carries the water
There isn't any way to slow it down or make it stop
I was a baby when the big bridge fell
So I don't remember
But I have listened to the stories well
And so, I know
They were falling to the surface
They were calling
To their God
And their cry was..
"Sweet Jesus,
Please, won't you catch us?
Save us...
Sweet Jesus,
Please won't you hear us crying?"
Fishing for luck beneath the bridge that day...
A man in his 80s.
He saw it happen and began to pray
As he dove in
He found a mamma and her baby boy
They both wouldn't make it
The mamma handed him her only joy
He took the child
And he was swimming
Like he was 20
He made shore-line
Then he died
And his thoughts were...
"Sweet Jesus,
Please won't you catch us?
Save us...
Sweet Jesus,
Please, won't you hear us crying?"
I miss my mother and the brave old man
Though I never knew them
They are the soul inside the man I am
I bear their dreams
And I am walking... in their footsteps
I am talking... to their God
And my prayer is,
"Sweet Jesus,
Please, won't you catch us?
Save us...
Sweet Jesus,
Please, won't you hear us crying?
We're all crying."