With Arms Wide Open (Live at Freeman Coliseum, 1999)

This next song is a song that's very personal to me

And it's kind of a mood swing in the show

It's a lot different than the last two songs

It's about personal insecurities and fears

About having to deal with responsibilities

And how you feel about welcoming a new life in the world that's yours

If you haven't had that happen to you already, I'm sure someday you will

This song's called, "With Arms Wide Open"

Well, I just heard the news today

It seems my life is gonna change

I close my eyes, begin to pray

Then tears of joy stream down my face

With arms wide open, under the sunlight

Welcome to this place, I'll show you everything

With arms wide open

With arms wide open

Well, I don't know if I'm ready

To be the man I have to be

I'll take a breath, I'll take her by my side

I stand in awe, I've created life

With arms wide open, under the sunlight

Welcome to this place, I'll show you everything

With arms wide open, now everything has changed

I'll show you love, I'll show you everything

With arms wide open

With arms wide open

I'll show you everything, oh, yeah

With arms wide open

Wide open

If I had just one wish, only one demand

I hope he's not like me, I hope he understands

That he can take this life and hold it by the hand

And he can greet the world with arms wide open

With arms wide open, under the sunlight

Welcome to this place, I'll show you everything

With arms wide open, now everything has changed

I'll show you love, I'll show you everything

With arms wide open

With arms wide open

I'll show you everything, oh, yeah

With arms wide open

Wide open

Wide open

Thank you