when you come home

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, no matter how far, run through the door, and into my arms, it's where you are loved, it's where you belong, and 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, 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, but i'll be waiting for the day, 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, and i will be here, when you come home, well, 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, and 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, 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, and i will be here, when you come home, when you come home.