It’s been a long time coming around
Yes, I’ve been on my way
Ever since your hand reached on down
And put a smile back on my face
To all my friends, all my friends, all my friends
Who helped back, back up, up again

Don’t know where I’d go
Don’t know what I’d do
Can’t say that I’d be standing here now without you
What would I have done
Without someone like you
All I wanna say now
All I wanna say is thank you

When my mind couldn’t take much more
And I could not find escape
How your love it reached on down
And your hands they rescued me
To all my kin, all my kin, all my kin
Who picked me up, back up, up again

And I really love you
And I’m thinking of you
And I want you to know

To my mother, to my father
To my sisters, to my brothers
To my friends who know just where I’ve been
Thank you
God knows I couldn’t make it on my own
He gave me someone like you to believe in
Thank you