Mama please don't go 

Won't you stay here for one more day 

I've been your boy for so long now 

There's so much I still have to say 

Sky rips open, and I hold my heart in my hand 

Like a soldier on his very last day 

Cried myself to sleep that night, and I listened 

As I heard the angels sing 

Chorus: 

Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home. 

Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home. 

Something inside makes me scream 

How could God take you from a little boy 

He'll be alright, he's by my side 

He's no little boy, he's my pride and joy 

Repeat chorus 

Summer on the radio and the phone rings 

And it was Jeanette 

She said boy we had to let her go 

I begged her no, no not yet 

You left six of us to fend for ourselves 

I guess it's part of someone's master plan 

I see you laughing, you're my best friend 

You're the light of the lamb, and I cried 

as the angels sing 

Repeat chorus twice