Brenda Dodgen

[Verse 1]
Some roads run straight and some roads bend
Some loves fade out before the end
But mine began on an ordinary day
In a corner store, a checkout line
One look at you and I was gone
Forty-one years, and I still feel that way

[Chorus]
Oh Brenda, you're my home
No matter where we roamed
You built a family with your own two hands
Forty years, and still you stand
Strong as the morning, soft as a prayer
Every road I traveled, you were there

[Verse 2]
When the Seabees sent me round the world
You packed our life and followed, girl
Two babies in a new town every year
You made a home of every place
Kept a brave and steady face
And hid your goodbyes behind a cheer

[Chorus]
Oh Brenda, you're my home
No matter where we roamed
You built a family with your own two hands
Forty years, and still you stand
Strong as the morning, soft as a prayer
Every road I traveled, you were there

[Bridge]
Now Kevin's on the George Washington
Standing watch beneath a foreign sun
And our girl's been home for twenty-five years
You held her up through all her tears

[Verse 3]
I know the ache that meets you every dawn
The pain you carry, still you carry on
You never once gave up the fight
Now we're back where it began
Three blocks from that store, still hand in hand
Still my love at first sight

[Chorus]
Oh Brenda, you're my home
No matter where we roamed
You built a family with your own two hands
Forty years, and still you stand
Strong as the morning, soft as a prayer
Every road I traveled, you were there

[Outro]
From a checkout line to a life this full
Forty years, and I'd do it all again