Shovel In Hand Lyrics - How Mercy Looks From Here - Amy Grant

Life can change 

In the blink of an eye 

You don't when 

And you don't know why 

Forever young 

Is a big fat lie 

For the one who lives 

And the one who dies 

I watched my son 

Shovel in hand 

Go from bullet proof boy 

To a full grown man 

The cool dark dirt 

On the casket lands 

19 years old and he's burying a friend 

Oh, goodbye two boys 

Hello, one man 

This son of mine 

Is gonna leave in the fall 

Some might ask 

How he stands so tall 

His life was changed 

With a telephone call 

Not even he understands it all 

I watched my son 

Shovel in hand 

Go from bullet proof boy 

To a broken man 

The cool dark dirt 

On the casket lands 

19 years old and he's burying a friend 

Oh, goodbye two boys 

Hello, one man