Text: Michael W. Smith. I'll Be Around.

Hey boy, did you find out
Whatcha had to know an' what it's all about
When you started to move just a step at a time
You never wanted to fall, you took a chance on the wild side

Hey girl, can't cha come down
Are ya way at the top, afraid of somethin' you found
Then you try to go back not as easy to do
Did you find who you are and from a dance on the wild side

I know sometimes it's hard for you
To keep your feet upon the path
That you've chosen

It's not for you to walk alone
Together we can take this road
Where it's going

Stand by me, stand right here
The time has come to say it clear
Now don't give up, but don't give in
We will stand together to the end
And I'll be around, I'll be around, yeah

No joke, the sooner you find
It happens all the same for every mother's child
When you walk in the dark then you stumble and fall
It's a part of it all when we dance on the wild side

But everybody needs someone
Who loves 'em through the toughest times
While they're growing, yeah

Who keeps a candle burning
When the darkness covers up the path
Where they're going

Stand by me, stand right here
The time has come to say it clear
Now don't give up, but don't give in
We will stand together to the end
And I'll be around, come what may

Heaven hears us when we pray
So don't give up, but don't give in
We will stand together to the end
I will be there my good friend
And I'll be around

Be around, I'll be around
I'll walk this road with you
Wherever it may wind
And I'll be around

Stand by me, stand right here
The time has come to say it clear
Now don't give up, but don't give in
We will stand together to the end
And I'll be around, come what may

Heaven hears us when we pray
So don't give up, but don't give in
We will stand together to the end
I will be there my good friend
And I'll be around
I'll be around, yeah
And I'll be around