as I watch my young ones sleeping
memory chills me to the bone
of the day I left here...alone

all the heartache and the hunger

I can't believe I did it
must have been an awful time
still, the damage was all mine

but time past spent now haunts me
without a reason why
I felt I had to reach so high

and when I did was ever fleeting

I went from one thing to another
never found that much success
supposed search for happiness

just didn't know it when I saw it
for then I was surely blind
how could I leave them far behind?

then, as touched by an angel
I found my way back home
now....no one's left alone

at last I'm through with seeking
that perfect moment to be mine
it was within me all the time

now I gaze upon their faces
and release a grateful sigh
seems at last I touch the sky