Bye mom That's what I said at five years old the first day of school Already then I thought I was way too cool I thought I had it figured out And I didn't know a thing Bye mom Don't worry 'bout me, I'll see you at three at the bus stop And I know that you'll be right there to pick me up In the old truck I know that's just the way it is When you think you grown but you're still a kid And you don't know you're somebody That somebody loves more than themselves And there's a beauty in the innocence Of not knowing that the time they've spent Is more than one could ask for And that's a special kind of love And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone And it's bye mom You can drop me off down the block around the corner square All my buddies are waitin' for me just over there I'll see you later on Bye mom It's a cap and a gown in a brand new town eight hours away Don't cry, I'll be okay I know that's just the way it is When you think you grown but you're still a kid And you don't know you're somebody That somebody loves more than themselves And there's a beauty in the innocence Of not knowing that the time they've spent Is more than one could ask for And that's a special kind of love And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone And it's bye mom And bye mom, I sang a million mornings at the Brine Street Baptist Church And bye mom, I waited hours and hours 'til she got off of work And bye mom, I stood and cried and laid a rose onto her grave And bye mom, were the last words that I spoke before we sang Amazing Grace I know that's just the way it is When you're all grown up but you're still a kid And you realize you're somebody That somebody loves more than themselves And there's a beauty in the innocence Of not knowing that the time they've spent Is more than one could ask for And that's a special kind of love And it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone Yeah, it's only there for a lifetime, then it's gone And it's bye mom Yeah, bye mom