AS THE OAK TREE STANDS TALL AND STRONG
MANY YEARS IT HAS GIVEN STRENGTH, WITH GRACE
TO ALL WHO CAME WITHIN THE SPACE
WHERE SHADE OR LEAVES DID FALL

AS STANDS THE OAK, SO STOOD THE MAN
HE, TOO HAD BROAD SHOULDERS 
AND STRENGTH OF HAND. 
YET GENTLE AND DEEP THE HAZEL EYES OF HIM 
THAT COULD GIVE, WITH GRACE, A HELPING HAND
TO ANY AND ALL WHO THROUGH HIS LIFE
WOULD PASS OR JOURNEY NEAR

SO STANDS THE OAK, SO STOOD THE MAN.

THE OAK HEARD MANY LAUGHS AND SAW MANY TEARS
WHILE CHILDREN SAT OR PLAYED ON HIM
THOUGH STRONG AND PURE FROM GOD'S 
CREATING HAND, NATURES WEATHER BEAT 
HIS LIMBS AND FRIGHTENED HIM.
WHILE THE FEAR OR PAIN THE WORLD NEVER KNEW
MANY A STORM LIFE PUT HIM THROUGH.
BUT NEVER A BROKEN LIMB THAT DID NOT MEND
JUST A WINDING BEND GIVING CHARACTER TO HIM.

AS STANDS THE OAK, SO STOOD THE MAN

CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE, MAN
BUT LIFE'S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS 
SO TOO CAN WEATHER HIM.
ONE COULD GIVE UP OR FORGET TO STRIDE
CLOSE TO GOD THE FATHER'S SIDE, 
BUT STILL STANDS THE OAK, STILL STOOD THE MAN.

THE OAK ALONE EXCEPT FOR A FEW
WHO MIGHT ADORE HIS BEAUTY OR SHARE
HIS SHADE AS THEY PASS THROUGH, 
BUT YOU, THE MAN, NO MORE ALONE WERE YOU
WHEN BY YOUR SIDE GOD GAVE A GIFT OF LOVE
TO SHARE LIFE'S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WITH YOU.
AS STANDS THE OAK, SO STOOD THE MAN
STILL STRONG, YET GENTLE, WITH EYES SO TRUE
BUT HAND IN HAND, TILL GOD CALLED YOU HOME
YOUR LOVE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

AS STANDS THE OAK, SO STOOD THE MAN
GOD'S WONDER WE COULD SEE IN YOU.
THROUGH LIMBS THAT REACH AND TOUCH THE SKY
AND THE LOVE GOD PLACED IN THIS BIG MAN'S EYES. 

YOU WERE LIKE THE OAK THAT GRACED THE LAND
THE MAN WHO TAUGHT US THE LOVE OF GOD
AND HIS FELLOWMAN.
WHO WITH DIGNITY, AND THROUGH GRACE
HAS TAKEN HIS PLACE
IN HIS HOME ON HIGH
TODAY WITH OUR SAVIOR HE STANDS. 

SO STANDS THAT OAK, SO STANDS THIS MAN