How Can I Thank You

Even when as a boy / My heart would leap for joy / To be along side of you / In from Hollywood back to Hubbard / A grand reunion took place / Happy in your presence / This little boy would smile / Just at the sight of you / Mom and Dad were proud / Sisters and Brothers / No doubts, and so was I. //

Still we had some growing up to do / The first to grow was you / Into the Kingdom / Out of the shadows and into the light / You made the great escape / Tragedy touched us all / We were grief stricken / And all motherless children / God took her soul to heaven / But gave us comfort and heard our cry. //

At that very tender time there was you / Your hand in mine, it was you / Your face a shine with a glow not of this world / Over these many years still i am indebted to you / Oh I've said it none too many a time / That I love you. //

And how can I thank you / How can I thank you - thank you. //

Mary Ellen I'm still a boy at heart / I sing for joy at the very thought of you / So from Tennessee to Arizona / My heart reaches over this country great / Memories of that day when you took time / For me to pray changed my life forever / I've still got a ways to go / But I wanted ou to know I'll always remember ..

At that very tender time there was you / Your hand in mine, it was you / Your face a shine with a glow not of this world / Over these many years still i am indebted to you / Oh I've said it none too many a time / That I love you. //

And how can I thank you, how can I thank you, / How can I thank you - and I love you //