Bye Mom

Bye, mom That's what I said at five years old, the first day of school Already then, I thought I was way too cool I thought I had it figured out And I didn't know a thing Bye, mom Don't worry about me, I'll see you at three at the bus stop And I know that you'll be right there to pick me up In the old truck And oh, that's just the way it is When you think you're grown, but you're still a kid And you don't know you're somebody That somebody loves more than themselves And there's a beauty in the innocence Of not knowin' that the time they spent Is more than one could ask for And that's a special kind of love And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone And it's "bye, mom" You can drop me off down the block around the corner square All my buddies are waitin' for me just over there I'll see you later on Bye, mom It's a cap, and a gown, and a brand new town eight hours away Don't cry, I'll be okay And oh, that's just the way it is When you think you're grown, but you're still a kid And you don't know you're somebody That somebody loves more than themselves And there's a beauty in the innocence Of not knowin' that the time they spent Is more than one could ask for And that's a special kind of love And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone And it's "bye, mom" And by mom, I sang a million mornings At the Brine Street Baptist Church And by mom, I waited hours and hours 'til she got off of work And by mom, I stood and cried and laid a rose onto a grave And "bye, mom" were the last words that I spoke Before we sang "Amazing Grace" And oh, that's just the way it is When you're all grown up, but you're still a kid And you realize you're somebody That somebody loves more than themselves And there's a beauty in the innocence Of not knowin' that the time they spent Is more than one could ask for And that's a special kind of love And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone Yeah, it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone And it's "bye, mom" Yeah, bye, mom