[Verse 1]
Old straw hat on the dashboard
Grandma’s pie in the back seat
Cooler full of sweet tea sweating
Dust cloud rolling to the creek
Kids kick off their Sunday sandals
Bare feet chasing through the grass
Aunties laughing at the shoreline
Let the world turn slow at last
[Chorus]
Hallelujah by the water
Family gathered knee‑deep in the stream
Voices rising with the robins
Like a front‑porch revival dream
We got grace on this old gravel road
We got love in every heartbeat
Thank you, Lord, for springtime mercy
And this hallelujah down by the creek (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
Uncle Joe strums that old six‑string
Sings a verse he halfway knows
Mama hums a higher harmony
Sunlight dancing on her clothes
Little hands skip rocks in rhythm
Granddad wipes his smiling eyes
Says, “Kids, this here is heaven
A piece of it, anyhow”
[Chorus]
Hallelujah by the water
Family gathered knee‑deep in the stream
Voices rising with the robins
Like a front‑porch revival dream
We got grace on this old gravel road
We got love in every heartbeat
Thank you, Lord, for springtime mercy
And this hallelujah down by the creek (hallelujah)
[Bridge]
Boys on the rope swing, girls in their jeans
Sunburned shoulders, grass‑stained knees
Passing down prayers and old melodies
From my folks to these babies to me (mmm)
[Chorus]
Hallelujah by the water
Family gathered knee‑deep in the stream
Voices rising with the robins
Like a front‑porch revival dream
We got grace on this old gravel road
We got love in every heartbeat
Thank you, Lord, for springtime mercy
And this hallelujah down by the creek
Thank you, Lord, for springtime mercy
For this hallelujah down by the creek (hey!)