Big Sioux
Verse 1
There was a boy on the banks of the Big Sioux
Where corn grew tall and summer days were long
An old canoe waiting down along the bank
And a river that seemed to carry him along
He’d paddle downstream with nowhere to go
Skip rocks and watch the hawks overhead
Come home when the evening shadows fell
With a thousand dreams running through his head
Chorus
Oh, Big Sioux, you were there through it all
Through the summer heat and the autumn cold
You were there when I was just a boy
Before I knew how fast life goes
Cornfields stretching to the horizon
Soybean rows beneath the summer sky
The Lord was watching over that little boy
And you taught him how to dream and wonder why
Oh, Big Sioux, you were home to me
Verse 2
Underneath the Beloit Bridge
He’d fish away the afternoon
Then write his name onto that old concrete
Like he thought it’d last forever too
Sunday morning he’d put on his best
Walk through those church doors and bow his head
He didn’t know much about this life
But he knew the Lord was watching over him
Verse 3
Then the boy grew up and the world got bigger
Teenage years and a restless heart
Chasing girls and chasing dreams
Wondering where his life would start
But he’d still go back beneath that bridge
And see the name he’d written there
Never knowing those simple days
Would someday mean everything to him
Bridge
Funny how you never know
You’re living the best days of your life
You think there’s something better waiting
Just beyond the next county line
Then you look back and realize
Those simple days were gold
And you thank the Lord for every mile
And every hand that helped you grow
Verse 4
Years went by and he had kids of his own
One summer day he took them down that way
Underneath the old Beloit Bridge
Where he’d spent so many childhood days
He showed them where he’d written his name
Then watched them write theirs beside it
He looked across that familiar river
And thanked the Lord for all of it
Final Chorus
Oh, Big Sioux, you were there through it all
From a little boy to a family of his own
You watched the years come rolling by
But somehow you always felt like home
Now his children’s names are beside his
Underneath that old bridge
And the Big Sioux keeps rolling on
Just like it did when he was a kid
Oh, Big Sioux, you were home to me
Outro
His name was Andy
Written underneath that bridge long ago.
