With a pounding heart inside my chest New shoes on my feet I tell her goodbye one last time Tear rolls down her cheek She says I love you son And just like that I'm gone With eighteen years behind me I've got a whole life full of dreams I spent countless nights asking God Down there on my knees And pretty soon I knew What I had to do So with a smile on my face And a prayer in my heart With my whole world behind me My life's about to start I can't count all the blessings That are waiting in the end So I forget myself and give it all to him With a broken heart and trembling knees I kneel down to pray It's not been easy so far It seems harder every day I ask God above Please hear your son I've been away from home now Going on a year There's so much that I miss And so much that I love here And that's when I began To start to understand So with a smile on my face And a prayer in my heart With my whole world behind me My life's about to start I can't count all the blessings That are waiting in the end So I forget myself and give it all to him And I've got my plans, I've got my hopes For what he has in store But when we leave it in his hands He gives us so much more With a pounding heart inside my chest Pair of worn out shoes I throw my arms around her And say mom we made it through She says, I missed you son And just like that I'm home With two quick years behind me I've got a whole life full of dreams My God has made a man of me And we make quite a team I changed while I was gone So from now on With a smile on my face And a prayer in my heart With my whole world behind me My life's about to start I can't count all the blessings That are waiting in the end So I forget myself and give it all to Him