[Spoken Intro] The trail was covered in last year’s gold. You said, “Keep walking. I’m right here.” [Verse 1] Your cap brim caught the afternoon, Brown leaves turning underfoot. You tucked your hands inside your sleeves, And smiled like you were feeling good. I’d brought no answer for the hard days, No grand words to make them clear; Just my shoulder on that narrow path, And the promise I’d stay near. [Pre-Chorus] When the road bends out of sight, When the season takes its time, I’ll be steady at your side, One small step, then one more mile. [Chorus] I’ll walk with you through every turning, Through the bare limbs, through the rain. When the old leaves leave the branches, I’ll be here when they grow back again. You don’t have to carry every worry, You don’t have to brave it on your own. If the trail gets steep, lean into me— I’ll walk with you all the way home. [Verse 2] The quiet held the things we’d lost, Names we still could hardly say. You brushed a copper leaf aside And made room for another day. I watched your face soften in the light, Not healed, but willing to begin; And I knew love wasn’t fixing everything— It was staying while we mend. [Pre-Chorus] When the road bends out of sight, When the season takes its time, I’ll be steady at your side, One small step, then one more mile. [Chorus] I’ll walk with you through every turning, Through the bare limbs, through the rain. When the old leaves leave the branches, I’ll be here when they grow back again. You don’t have to carry every worry, You don’t have to brave it on your own. If the trail gets steep, lean into me— I’ll walk with you all the way home. [Instrumental Solo: pedal steel and Telecaster] [Bridge] No season gets the final word, No sorrow gets to name us whole. We’ll keep a little faith between us, And keep a hand for one another to hold. [Final Chorus] I’ll walk with you through every turning, Through the bare limbs, through the rain. When the old leaves leave the branches, I’ll be here when they grow back again. You don’t have to carry every worry, You don’t have to brave it on your own. If the trail gets steep, lean into me— I’ll walk with you all the way home. [Acoustic Outro] One small step, then one more mile. I’m right here. We’ve got time.
