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]