When You Come Home

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,

when she gave me the phone I could hear momma say,

"I'm so sorry, son, though I think you're so brave,"

she was smilin' when she said,



*Chorus*

"When you come home

no matter how far

run through the door and into my arms

It's where you are loved

It's where you belong

I will be here

When you come home"



I waved good-bye through the window as I boarded the plane

my first job in Houston was waiting for me

Found a letter from momma tucked in my coat

as I flew down the runway I smiled when she wrote,

"I'll miss you son, you'll be so far away

I'll be waiting for the day..."



*Chorus*

"When you come home

no matter how far

run through the door and into my arms

it's where you are loved

it's where you belong

I will be here

When you come home"



"I don't think she can hear you now," the doctor told me.

"Your mother is fading. It's best that you leave."

so I whispered "I love you" then turned away

but I stopped at the door when I heard momma say

"I love you son, but they're callin' me away.

Promise me before I go..."



*Chorus*

"When you come home

no matter how far

run through the door and into my arms

it's where you are loved

it's where you belong

I will be here

When you come home"