From the recording Awakenings
Lyrics
We can build a bridge if we let love lead us
Lead us with an open heart
We can build a bridge if we let love free us
Free us to be who we are
He always dreamed of having children
Bring them up with the love of his life
But some are still blind to adopting a child by a man with a man as his wife
She runs the shelter at church
Does all that she can
Asks no questions of those who come in
They’re God’s children to her but when she leaves her work
She’s still judged by the shade of her skin
We can build a bridge if we let love lead us
Lead us with an open heart
We can build a bridge if we let love free us
Free us to be who we are
His hair is now short, his body has changed
Most times he’s caught between worlds
He just wants a chance to be his own man
Even though he was born as a girl
She was the first in her immigrant family to finish college and buy her own place
When she moved in her home on the door someone wrote, ‘don’t want your kind here, go away’
We can build a bridge if we let love lead us
Lead us with an open heart
We can build a bridge if we let love free us
Free us to be who we are
Love is the key to let each live their life
There’s strength in our difference when we stand side by side
We can build a bridge if we let love lead us
Lead us with an open heart
We can build it if we let love free us
Free us to be who we are
We can build a bridge if we let love lead us
Lead us with an open heart
We can build a bridge if we let love free us
Free us to be who we are
Lyric: Tim Koerber & Kevin Reardon; Music: Kevin Reardon; Copyright 2022