Fresh cut grass
Running like a wild man out back
Giving you a heart attack
You were there
On football nights
Screaming out my number with pride
Just beyond the sidelines
You were there
Oooooh Momma them roots run deep
And the river runs rapid through
There wouldn't be a me standing here
If there never was a you
When I was bad at school
When I had to break every rule
When I was a love sick fool
You were there
There on the darkest nights
There whenever I made you cry
Even when I lost my mind
You were there
And everytime I was learning what true love
Looks like
Then that day
Daddy didn't know what to say
You were half a world away
And I was here
And you were there