The Nerve

<br>Im glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day<br><br>I could just have easily have let you get away<br><br>In that crowded airport, far from my hometown<br><br>If I had lost my courage then, you wouldnt be around<br><br>Im glad I had the nerve.<br><br><br><br>And Im glad he had the nerve to get down on his knees<br><br>And say &quot;i bought this ring for you, wont you wear it please? &quot;<br><br>My daddy sure touched somethin in my mommas heart somehow<br><br>If he hadnt, I sure wouldnt be here with you now<br><br>Im glad he had the nerve.<br><br><br><br>Or I never wouldve lived like this<br><br>Or learned like this<br><br>Or laughed like this<br><br>Or loved like this<br><br><br><br>Im glad he had the nerve to sail across the sea<br><br>My great grand-daddys great grandpa in 1833<br><br>He met an indian maiden in the smoky mountain mist<br><br>If they hadnt crossed that line, I would not exist<br><br>Im glad they had the nerve.<br><br><br><br>And Im glad he had the nerve, while staring into space<br><br>To give this universe a time and a place<br><br>With one tiny atom or an adam and an eve<br><br>However you look at it, whatever you believe<br><br>Im glad he had the nerve.<br><br><br><br>Or we never wouldve live like this<br><br>Or learned like this<br><br>Or laughed like this<br><br>Or loved like this<br><br>Thank God he had the nerve.<br><br><br><br>And Im glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day