The Other Side-Brendan James

[00:15.30]I was a child once [00:18.48]The fear of the world in my eye [00:21.88]Far from the safety of the other side [00:28.62]I colored by numbers [00:31.91]Learned how to tie my own shoes [00:35.38]Like all of the others [00:37.36]I just prayed I’d make it through [00:41.65]Prayed I would make it through [00:45.83] [00:47.08]Oh Mother [00:48.53]look how your boy turned out [00:51.23]300 miles from that small town [00:55.09]You never stopped believing [00:57.14]Oh Daddy [00:58.44]It hurt to watch you walking out [01:01.37]But understand it made me stronger now [01:05.56]And so satisfied [01:09.33]So full of pride [01:12.83]Thank you here from the other side [01:30.12] [01:31.37]I’ll always remember [01:34.53]The kids and how mean they’d been [01:37.87]Eleven years old and I could not fit in [01:44.62]But I made it through high school [01:48.02]And college according to plan [01:51.60]Where pressure was never greater to become a man [01:57.99]Would I become a man [02:02.23] [02:03.06]Oh Mother [02:04.51]Look how your boy turned out [02:07.28]300 miles from that small town [02:11.09]You never stopped believing [02:13.31]Oh Daddy [02:14.47]It hurt to watch you walking out [02:17.40]But understand it made me stronger now [02:21.69]And so satisfied [02:25.36]So full of pride [02:28.91]Thank you here from the other side [02:35.52]Thank you here from the other side [03:06.62] [03:07.92]Mother look how your boy turned out [03:11.29]300 miles from that small town [03:18.12]And Dad it hurt to watch you walking out [03:21.50]Hear the piano do the crying now [03:27.56]For all the preachers and the teachers now [03:31.64]For all the ones who never let me down [03:36.04]I’m so satisfied [03:39.68]So full of pride [03:43.13]Standing here on the other side [03:49.92]Thank you here from the other side [03:56.67]Thank you here from the other side [04:03.60] [04:05.93]Outro: [04:16.35] [04:16.69]Here on the other side I’m taking my time [04:29.42]There’s nothing to fear [04:32.51]There’s nothing to worry about on the other side [04:42.36]I remember when I thought I’d never find [04:51.17]The other side [04:59.06]