Mama cried when I went off to college Daddy cried when I came back home My room was just the way I left it But the boy who lived there was gone ♪ Went back to Pike Central High School For the hometown football game Sat in the stands with my old friends Telling stories, but it just wasn't the same Sometimes I miss the good ol' days But I know they brought me to to this place Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment ♪ It's been ten years of chasing this crazy dream Tryna make it big somehow I've been high and low and in-between But I won't let it get me down, tho' Don't need to know how this will all turn out I'm wide awake in the here and now Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment ♪ You build a life, kids and wife And you punch the clock every day (punch the clock every day) Still waiting for your ship to come in And you hope that it's on its way (hope that it's on its way) Well it ain't on its way No, it's here today ♪ I've been waiting, been waiting, ooh Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment Oh-oh-oh, all my life I've been waiting for this moment