I was young and single Glad that i was free Had my whole life ahead There was nothing stoppin me Headed out to Vegas, me and all my friends Just a bunch of clowns runnin round in a town of sin Ten shots later and one double dare Met a girl said I do in some chapel out there That was the best mistake I ever made The Lord works in mysterious ways Chose a wrong path all my life But for once I did something right And just one look in her and I see Someone smiling down on me And I'm not too proud to say That was the best mistake I ever made Trying to start a family was the last thing we had planned Till I came home from work She had her head in her hands I could see the worry Through the teardrops in her eyes She said, "How we gonna do this when we're barely gettin by?" We wern't prepared for all those changes in our world That all changed when the doctor said it's a girl That was the best mistake I ever made The Lord works in mysterious ways Chose a wrong path all my life But for once I did something right And just one look in her and I see Someone smiling down on me And I'm not too proud to say That was the best mistake I ever made There's consequences to the decisions in our lives Just cause we didn't mean to do it that don't mean that it ain't right That was the best mistake I ever made The Lord works in mysterious ways Chose a wrong path all my life But for once I did something right And just one look in her and I see Someone smiling down on me And I'm not too proud to say