Follow The Light

Follow The Light
by John McCutcheon, Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
© Appalsongs, HCD Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Seven and Eight, my sister and I,
Lost in the woods as lightning fills the sky.
We ran through the rain
And there up ahead
Was the light on the porch. “Come home,” my mama said.

Follow the light when you’re lonely and lost.
When out on the ocean you are tumbled and tossed.
Follow your heart
Wherever you may be.
Follow the light on home to me.

Out on the sea the waves heave and rise.
Far from the shoreline storm clouds mount the skies.
We look for a sign,
A welcoming sight,
A beacon that shines to guide us home tonight.

Follow the light when you’re lonely and lost.
When out on the ocean you are tumbled and tossed.
Follow your heart
Wherever you may be.
Follow the light on home to me.

There’s a hole in our skyline.
There’s a hole in our town.
There’s a hole in our hearts the whole world around.
How do we heal? How do we see
The mercy that shines in you and me?
We follow the light!

When the world seems so large and we seem so small
And you wonder if life has any meaning at all.
When you’re losing your heart,
When you’re losing the fight.
Hold onto my hand and we will follow the light.

Follow the light when you’re lonely and lost.
When out on the ocean you are tumbled and tossed.
Follow your heart
Wherever you may be.
Follow the light on home to me.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's The Turning Of The Tide CD.

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