I'M GLAD I HAD
THE NERVE
TO TALK TO YOU
THAT DAY
I COULD JUST AS EASILY
HAD LET YOU GET AWAY
IN THAT CROWDED
AIRPORT
FAR FROM MY
HOMETOWN
IF I HAD LOST
MY COURAGE THEN
YOU WOULDN'T
BE AROUND
I'M GLAD I HAD
THE NERVE
AND I'M GLAD HE HAD
THE NERVE
TO GET DOWN
ON HIS KNEES
AND SAY I BOUGHT
THIS RING FOR YOU
WON'T YOU WEAR IT
PLEASE
MY DADDY SURE
TOUCHED SOMETHING
IN MY MAMA'S HEART
SOMEHOW
IF HE HADN'T
I SURE WOULDN'T
BE HERE WITH YOU NOW
I'M GLAD HE HAD
THE NERVE
OR I NEVER WOULD HAVE
LIVED LIKE THIS
OR LEARNED LIKE THIS
OR LAUGHED LIKE THIS
OR LOVED LIKE THIS
I'M GLAD HE HAD
THE NERVE
TO SAIL ACROSS THE SEA
MY GREAT GRANDADDY'S
GREAT-GRANDPA IN
EIGHTEEN-THIRTY-THREE
HE MET AN INDIAN
MAIDEN
IN THE SMOKY
MOUNTAIN MIST
IF THEY HADN'T
CROSSED THAT LINE
I WOULD NOT EXIST
I'M GLAD THEY HAD
THE NERVE
AND I'M GLAD HE HAD
THE NERVE
WHILE STARING INTO
SPACE
TO GIVE THIS UNIVERSE
A TIME AND A PLACE
WITH ONE TINY ATOM
OR AN ADAM
AND AN EVE
HOWEVER YOU
LOOK AT IT
WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE
I'M GLAD HE HAD
THE NERVE
OR WE NEVER
WOULD HAVE
LIVED LIKE THIS
OR LEARNED LIKE THIS
OR LAUGHED LIKE THIS
OR LOVED LIKE THIS
THANK GOD HE HAD
THE NERVE
AND I'M GLAD I HAD
THE NERVE
TO TALK TO YOU
THAT DAY