Official Lyrics
It seems like only yesterday
you were so small and fragile
and you get here today
as I watch you walk away.
I have to see it another way.
You turn and look
smiling as you wave.
You’re walking through our front door
on your way
its your big day
A new adventure awaits
new memories you’ll make
joys and sorrows
and all the other things
that eventually will make it great
You’ve looked
you have dreamed
you worked so hard for this day
When you began,
it looks so far away
and yet now
now it feels just like yesterday
The love
the pride,
the joy that we share
it’s still so hard to show
how much we really care
The days were not easy
sometimes the nights were long too
as you grew up
sometimes the peace was few.
Get through all this
now seems as if it were just one moment
in the days that now seem to be so few.
We all dream of this moment
yet when it comes it true
to watch you walk away
the pain is so true.
What adventures await
what stories you make
the things you’ll say
we look forward for those days
So until then,
let your journey begin.
Carry us in your heart
as we do you in ours
until you’re home again
keep reaching for your Stars
Take the world on
as you’ve been raised
be honest, courageous, and brave.
Approach every day
as the challenge that it is.
Approach it to win
You have the spirit
you have the fire
to face all those challenges
and still walk your next mile
every step you take that’s hard
is one that later will make you smile
Always keep the faith
and your moral compass too
know that will always love you.
That will always be true.
Know that your home is always with you
no matter where you go.
This is not a goodbye.
It’s just we’ll see you soon.
Notes:
David wrote this song for his three sons. But, if you ask David, he'll simply say "The song wrote itself."