Words and music by Bob Hartman    Based on Jeremiah 1:5, Acts 17:25      It could have gone either way when it came down to the choice    To keep the life within a life that had no voice    It must have surely seemed the harder road to choose    To be so young to have to say who had the most to lose    But she came through like a champ and she blessed the world that day    Then gave the hope of a better life when she gave him away    Now the innocence and joy is there each day he wakes    Expressions of his love of life in every breath he takes    He could have been thrown away before he had a chance to say       (Chorus)    Hey world, I am here and I have something to give    Hey world, I'm alive and I am wanting to live       He turned to lock the door as he wiped away a tear    The hopelessness of missing love, his adolescent fear    As he struggled for the strength to put the gun away    He found the courage and the hope to face another day    He could have been blown away before he had a chance to say       Down the corridor or life in between our death and birth    We may start to lose our way in the search to find our worth    Our value comes in the fact we live    Life is a gift only God can give