"You'll Be There" by George Strait

    The song I'm doing this week is 'You'll Be There' by George Strait. George Strait started his country music career in 1981. I like 'You'll Be There' because the lyrics are really meaningful to life. I think this song is about someone you love dying and then you finally start to realize what life is all about. One of my favorite lines in the song is 'you don't know where you're going til you know where you're at'-I think it means that life is short and before you know it, it could end tomorrow. I also think it means that you don't really know where you'll go in life but when you're in Heaven, you know you're in a better place.
       When someone you love and are close to passes away, it makes you think about life. And I think this song kind of says that. Another line in the song is "I'll see you on the other side if I make it"-I think that means that someday you'll see the person that passed away and you were close to in Heaven and I think it also means that you have hope in life because you'll meet God someday. And one more line in the song is "You don't bring nothing with you here and you can't take nothing back; I ain't never seen a hearse with a luggage rack"- I think that means that when you're gone, everything you had on earth doesn't matter because your soul goes to Heaven and everything else gets left behind. I also think it means that you shouldn't take life for granted because life is short and before you know it, it will flash before your eyes.

Hope is an anchor and love is a ship

Time is the ocean and life is a trip

You don’t know where you’re going til you know where you’re at

And if you can’t read the stars, well, you better have a map

A compass and a conscious so you don’t get lost at sea

Or on some old lonely island where no one wants to be

From the beginning of creation I think our maker had a plan

For us to leave these shores and sail beyond the sand

And let the good light guide us through the waves and the wind

To the beaches in a world where we have never been

And we’ll climb up on the mountain ya’ll, we’ll let our voices ring

And those who’ve never tried it, they’ll be the first to sing

Oh my my, I’ll see you on the other side if I make it

And it might be a long, hard ride but I’m gonna take it

Sometimes it seems that I don’t have a prayer and let the weather take me anywhere

But I know that I wanna go where the streets are gold cuz you’ll be there, oh my my

Well, you don’t bring nothing with you here and you can’t take nothing back

I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack

So I’ve torn my knees up praying, scarred my back from falling down

Spent so much time flying high til I’m face first in the ground

So if you’re up there watching me, would you talk to God and say,

Tell Him I might need a hand to see you both someday

Oh my my, so I’ll see you on the other side if I make it

And it might be a long, hard ride but I wanna take it

Sometimes it seems that I don’t have a prayer, let the weather take me anywhere

But I know that I wanna go where the streets are gold cuz you’ll be there, oh my my

Cuz you’ll be there, oh my my

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