I was watching Oprah sometime last year, and she did an interview with The Judds. The Judds then did a performance of their song Love Can Build A Bridge. I was instantly transported back to church camp in the early 1990s… I remembered singing that song with my camp mates, full of hope for finding the perfect love in my life — that of a husband, of children, and also with God.
I was very religious in my teens, needless to say.
That song spoke to me powerfully back then. When I saw the song performed on Oprah, it stopped me in my tracks. I replayed it over and over. Soon therafter, I started using that song to sing my children to sleep.
Little Man has now become very addicted to the song. I’m not allowed to sing any other lullaby to him. He insists on the “Bridge” song, and also will only allow me to sing it when it is bedtime (no breaking schedule).
The other night, I was singing this song to him, when I heard my daughter singing along from her bedroom, and my son started singing, too. I was amazed that they knew all of the lyrics. It also made me smile. If any song lyrics are going to make an imprint on my children, I think these are the perfect ones to describe the love I feel for them as their mother.
Love Can Build A Bridge (lyrics)
I’d gladly walk across the desert with no shoes upon my feet
To share with you the last bite of bread I had to eat
I would swim out to save you
In your sea of broken dreams
When all your hopes are sinking
Let me show you what love means
Love can build a Bridge
Between your heart and mine
Love can build a Bridge
Don’t you think it’s time?
Don’t you think it’s time?
I would whisper love so loudly
Every heart could understand
That love and only love
Can join the tribes of man
I would give my heart’s desire
So that you might see
The first step is to realize
That it all begins with you and me
Love can build a Bridge
Between your heart and mine
Love can build a Bridge
Don’t you think it’s time?
Oh, don’t you think it’s time?
When we stand together
It’s our finest hour
We can do anything, anything Anything, anything
Keep believin’ in the power of Love
Between your heart and mine
Love can build a Bridge
Don’t you think it’s time? Don’t you think it’s time?








