It took a lifetime to become    
The person that you see  so..
. I wish I had a way to know    
Just how far you had to go
To find a way
   For you to be    
Even slightly    
Satisfied with the strange reality  
That turned out....       .
...Once you got past
A little bit of the doubt      
Finding a way..to..Look...past    
The strange shadow
That I've always cast        
And see that...there may be      
someone
Worth a second chance / a second glance      
You might even have had to go so far
As to create a whole new
                Overview!                        
So I have to applaud you
For the hard times
That you've gotten through    
Putting up...with the likes of me ! 
It wasn't like I tried ....
...to be
A thorn in your side  
  I've just been different
Than all the others that you raised        
So we banged our heads together  
As we .......   
Tried to understand each other      
I hope I never neglected to show you
That I always respected you..
...For all the things that you believe    
I  just   had   to   go.  on a search
And it took me away from the church    
But it never took me away  
...so far
That I couldn't or wouldn't
Hear the word

"I never denied
That  JESUS CHRIST is my savior'
  Or that he died ... 
...For the likes of me ! "     
That is to the credit of the love
That you've shared    
Even when I made it hard
And you were scared
That I'd end up scarred    
By the evils of the world    
I want you to know
That wherever I go
Whatever I do      
All the good
That resides in the.. likes of me  
Comes from the love that you
And the LORD above    
Have always shared with...  
...the likes of me
      So I want you to know
That it's takin a lifetime
To become the person that you see    
Although I don't fit into any mold
I know that you've always had...  
...good or bad  
Unwavering faith in me    
So I'll do my best to join you    
In that city on the hill    
Following your path
Avoiding GODS wrath
By always  
Doing HIS will.