CHANCE SUMMER

[Verse 1] She was seventeen, wild and free Barefoot dancing by the sea Golden hair and sun-kissed skin The kind of girl that draws you in He was just a Georgia boy With a six-string and a heart full of noise They met where the tide rolls in Two strangers chasing the wind [Pre-Chorus] A weekend flame, a whispered name No plans to stay, no one to blame [Chorus] But love don’t ask for reasons It don’t care about the time A kiss beneath that August sky Would echo down the line What started as a fleeting spark Lit a fire they never knew And from that chance summer I came into view [Verse 2] Years rolled by like crashing waves They lived their lives in separate states Mom raised me with a quiet grace But I saw him when I looked in my face Then one day, the past called back A message lost in an old backpack He stood there with tears in his eyes Said, “Son, I almost missed my life” [Pre-Chorus 2] He took my hand, she took his too And said, “We made the best of you” [Chorus] 'Cause love don’t follow logic It don’t always need a plan Sometimes fate and ocean air Create a bigger man A moment turned to legacy That neither one outgrew From a chance summer I came into view [Bridge] Maybe they were never meant To last beyond that shore But some beginnings Are worth so much more [Final Chorus – with name line] No, love don’t need permission It shows up like a song And leaves you with a melody That lingers all life long They held each other, looked at me With eyes that somehow knew That from their chance summer They gave me the name too [Outro] Yeah, from that chance summer… They named me Chance — and I came into view