When You Come Home Lyrics - Billy Gilman

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 smiling 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 

And 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 

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 calling me away 

And 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.