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