[Verse 1]
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 mommas heart somehow
If he hadn't, I sure wouldn't be here with you now
I'm glad he had the nerve

[Chorus]
Or I never would have lived like this
Or learned like this, or laughed like this, or loved like this

[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]

[Outro]
Thank God, he had the nerve
And I'm glad I had the nerve to talk to you that day