I've gone so far from my home

I've seen the world and I have known

So many secrets

I wish now I did not know

'Cause they have crept into my heart

They have left it cold and dark

And bleeding,

Bleeding and falling apart



And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry

Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie

That held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons

Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old

And our Father still waits and He watches down the road

To see the crying boys come running back to His arms

And be growing young

Growing young



I've seen silver turn to dross

Seen the very best there ever was

And I'll tell you, it ain't worth what it costs

And I remember my father's house

What I wouldn't give right now

Just to see him and hear him tell me that he loves me so much



And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry

Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie

That held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons

Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old

And our Father still waits and He watches down the road

To see the crying boys come running back to His arms



And when I thought that I was all alone

It was your voice I heard calling me back home

And I wonder now Lord

What it was that made me wait so long

And what kept You waiting for me all that time

Was Your love stronger than my foolish pride

Will You take me back now, take me back and let me be Your child



'Cause I've been broken now, I've been saved

I've learned to cry, and I've learned how to pray

And I'm learning, Ic12