i was a child once the fear of the world in my eye far from the safety of the other side i colored by numbers learned how to tie my own shoes like all of the others i just prayed i d make it through prayed i would make it through oh mother look how your boy turned out 300 miles from that small town you never stopped believing oh daddy it hurt to watch you walking out but understand it made me stronger now and so satisfied so full of pride thank you here from the other side i ll always remember the kids and how mean they d been eleven years old and i could not fit in but i made it through high school and college according to plan where pressure was never greater to become a man would i become a man oh mother mother look how your boy turned out 300 miles from that small town and dad it hurt to watch you walking out hear the piano do the crying now for all the preachers and the teachers now for all the ones who never let me down i m so satisfied so full of pride standing here on the other side thank you here from the other side outro here on the other side i m taking my time there s nothing to fear there s nothing to worry about on the other side i remember when i thought i d never find the other side