This song was originally written for a high school student that I worked with in a Middle Tennessee youth group in the 90’s. I always liked it, but didn’t really play it until my son, Jude, became high school age and I began pondering his departure from childhood and into the big world.
V1
I made a mental picture of you and stowed it away
How the tattered cover makes me smile
I can’t keep myself from opening the pages
I must climb back in and stay there for a while
V2
You survey the widening sky as you knowingly play
Nearing time to rise, take wing and fly
Your heart calls you far beyond these branches
I will lift you as your wingtips span the miles
CH
So go, you’ll make me proud anywhere you are
So go, and know your family is here for you,
So go
V3
If ever you are quieted and lonely
If ever sadness falls upon your eyes
Please rest in the knowledge you are worthy
We are with you and we love you all the time
CH
So go, you’ll make me proud anywhere you are
So go, and know your family is here for you,
So go, I know you’ll make the world a better place
So go, and know your family is here for you,
So go.
Holly Kirsten, October 12, 2017