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