Mike Lawrence: Music

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HE'S GONNA RUN

SIX YEARS OLD HE KNOWS HE'S NOT QUITE THE SAME AS THE OTHERS
HE CAN'T RACE TO THE BUS STOP LIKE HIS NEIGHBOR AND HIS BROTHER
THERE'S ANOTHER BUS
JUST AROUND THE BEND
WHEN IT PULLS UP
HIS MOTHER HELPS HIM IN
HE SMILES, SHE SMILES
SHE PRAYS SOMEHOW SOME WAY
HE'S GONNA RUN SOMEDAY
HE'S GONNA SPREAD HIS WINGS AND FLY
CLIMB ON A MOUNTAIN HIGH
AND HAVE HIS DAY IN THE SUN
HE'S GONNA RUN

LIFE AIN'T FAIR BUT YEARS OF PRAYER
AND FIVE OPERATIONS
GOT HIM TO THE PODIUM
AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
HE MAKES A STAND DIPLOMA IN HIS HAND
THE BRACES ON HIS LEGS AIN'T STOPPED HIM YET
HE SMILES, THEY SMILE
THEY LOOK AT HIM AS IF TO SAY
HE'S GONNA RUN SOMEDAY
HE'S GONNA SPREAD HIS WINGS AND FLY
CLIMB ON A MOUNTAIN HIGH
AND HAVE HIS DAY IN THE SUN
HE'S GONNA RUN

HE LEFT MORE THAN BRACES FAR BEHIND LAST WEEK
HE SHOWED US HOW TO HAVE FAITH AND BELIEVE
HE FOUGHT THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE
AND IN THE MOMENT HE BROKE FREE
HE SMILED HIS SMILE AS HE LET GO OF LIFE AND SAID
I'M GONNA RUN TODAY
I'M GONNA SPREAD MY WINGS AND FLY
CLIMB ON THAT MOUNTAIN HIGH
AND SEE THE FACE OF THE SON
YEAH, I'M GONNA RUN

I'M GONNA RUN, I'M GONNA RUN
HE'S GONNA RUN