You First Lyrics - Down By The River - Mac Mcanally

The river looked much wider 

Than it ever seemed before 

Even though we crossed a hundred times or more 

We were scared, so we dared each other 

You first, and I'll be right behind you 

You first, I'll meet you on the other side 

The nature of a hero requires a leap of faith 

You find out what you're made of when it's your time to say 

You first 

The chopper drops the ladder 

In the middle of the war 

Sergeant says, "There's only room just one more" 

Two wounded brothers, and one says to the other 

You first, and I'll be right behind you 

You first, I'll meet you on the other side 

The nature of a hero requires a leap of faith 

You find out what you're made of when it's your time to say 

You first 

Now, I'm standing over you 

All these years that we've been through 

I wish it could be me 

I never thought that it might be 

You first, but I'll be right behind you 

You first, I'll meet you on the other side 

You always were my hero, here's my leap of faith 

You find out what you're made of when it's your time to say 

You first