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 a