Oh... It's a journey you must travel Where He leads you, He'll help you to be strong He has taught you and now He's brought you To a place where He wants you to move on Here you stand at the beginning and not the end Here you stand, and with our blessing we will send you And though it's hard, we will extend to you a smile We will cherish all these memories And we'll always hold a place for you inside The Lord has planned it, we understand it Still, we find it hard to say the word, "goodbye" Here you stand at the beginning and not the end Here you stand, and with our blessing we will send you And though it's hard, we will extend to you a smile Your time here is over, another day is done But we know that you've just begun 'Cause here you stand at the beginning and not the end Oh, here you stand, and with our blessing we will send you And though it's hard, we will extend to you a smile It's a journey you must travel You know we'll miss you, don't stay away too long