I was a child oncenThe fear of the world in my eyesnFar from the safety of the other sidenI colored by numbersnLearned how to tie my own shoesnLike all the othersnI was justnAfraid I'd make it throughnn[Chorus]nOh mother look how your boy turned outn300 miles from that small townnYou never stopped believingnOh daddynIt hurt to watch you walkin' outnBut understand it made me stronger nownAnd so satisfiednAnd so full of pridenThank younHere fromnFrom the other sidennOh oh oh ohnOh oh oh ohnnI'll always remember the kids that I mean they've beenn11 yrs old and I couldnCould not fit innBut I made it through high schoolnAnd college according to plannThe pressure was never greater to become a mannWould I become a man?nn[Chorus]nnMother look how your boy turned out.n300 miles from that small townnDaddy it hurt to watch u walkin' outnHear the piano do the cryin' outnFor all the preachers and the teachers nownFor all the ones who never let me downnnSo satisfiednSo full of pridenStanding here onnOn the other sidenThank you here fromnFrom the other sidennHere on the other sidenTaking my timenThere's nothing to fearnThere's nothing to worry aboutnOn the other sidennI remember when I thought I'd never find.nThe other side