When You Come Home

When You Come Home - Billy Gilman

My first day of recess

They all laughed at me

When I fell off the swing set

And scraped up my knee

The nurse called my Momma

To say I'd be late

And when she gave me the phone

I could hear Momma say

"I'm so sorry, son

Oh I think you're so brave"

And she was smilin when she said

When you come home

When you come home

When you come home

When you come home

When you come home

When you come home

When you come home

No matter how far

No matter how far

No matter how far

Run through the door

Run through the door

Run through the door

And into my arms

And into my arms

And into my arms

It's where you are loved

It's where you are loved

It's where you are loved

It's where you belong

It's where you belong

It's where you belong

And I will be here

And I will be here

And I will be here

I waved good-bye through the window

As I boarded the plane

My first job in Houston

Was waiting for me

I found a letter from Momma

Tucked in my coat

And as I flew down the runway

I smiled when she wrote

"I'll miss you, son

You'll be so far away

And I'll be waiting for the day"

"I don't think

She can hear you now"

The doctor told me

"Your momma is fading

It's best that you leave"

So I whispered

"I love you"

And then turned away

But I stopped at the door

When I heard Momma say

"I love you, son

But they're calling me away

And promise me before I go"