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"