Arms Wide Open

By Rodney Dean

(Ukyo)
Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
(Ukyo learns she is pregnant with Iikiba)
I closed my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face
(She begins to cry with joy as she awaits Ryoga's phonecall.)

With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
(Iikiba is born, and the first thing he sees is his mother's face)
With arms wide open

(Ryoga)
Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
(Ryoga and Jiro learns about the pregnancy. Jiro has to wake him after he passes out from the happiness)

I'll take a breath, take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
(Manages to get in the hospital and see Ukyo. He had been waiting in the lobby for over two hours. Ukyo smiles and shows him their son. "Ryoga, I named him Iikiba.")

With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
(Ryoga, Jiro, and Ukyo take Iikiba on a trip, knowing it will be the first of many for him.)
I'll show you everything
(Ryoga tells Iikiba over the crib about some of his many trips, realizing for the first time that there were good times when he wandered)
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
(Both take their parental responsibilities very seriously. Ryoga vowed that he would be the father he never had)
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
(Ryoga cradling the child gently in his arms)

(Ryoga and Ukyo)
If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
(Both hope that their child will never have to go through the madness that plagued them)
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
And he can greet the world
With arms wide open
(They hope that perhaps Iikiba can appreciate the world that he will wander)

With arms wide open
under the sunlight
(They head into a green pasture for a picnic)
welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
(Ryoga, Iikiba on his shoulders, runs. Iikiba reaches his arms out and enjoys the feeling of the air)
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
(Ryoga vows that Iikiba would not be without a father)

With arms wide open
With arms wide open

Wide open....

(Ryoga tucks in Iikiba for the night. Ukyo kissed the child on the forehead and then took Ryoga to bed with her. Before he leaves, he says one thing:

"I love you, my son.")

End.


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