Atypical & Awesome “Candlelight”

So, a friend posted this picture yesterday on Facebook and my mind immediately started creating a story. I have always loved the aesthetic of a little white church. Here is a lyric I wrote inspired by this picture. One day soon, I’m sure some bluegrass music will accompany it but for now- enjoy.

Candlelight

They got married in a little white chapel

In a forgotten town

The air was turning cooler and leaves were on the ground

But they were young and their love kept them warm 

As the West Virginia winter came trickling down

He bought her a little house out in the mountains/Where they could hear the trains pass in the night

They didn’t have a whole lot of money/But they made a lot of love by candlelight

Time marched on and before too long a baby was on the way

She’d pack his lunch and he’d leave by dawn each day 

but they were young and their love kept growing on

he worked the mines and she’d stay home and pray

He bought her a little house out in the mountains/Where they could hear the trains pass in the night

They didn’t have a whole lot of money/But they made a lot of love by candlelight

The baby came and that house started getting small

And they both knew life was outside their four walls

He got a job with the county and they moved to the city

But every now and then they still hear Appalachia call 

He bought her a little house out in the mountains/Where they could hear the trains pass in the night

They didn’t have a whole lot of money/But they made a lot of love by candlelight

Carmen Melton Bennett- BMI/ Awesome Musings Publishing- BMI