The Nerve

I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day
I could just as easily have 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 momma'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 granddaddy's great-grandpa, in 1833
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

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 I 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