I was young and singlenGlad that I was freenHad my whole life aheadnThere was nothing stopping me.nHeaded out to Vegas,nMe and all my friendsnJust a buncha clownsnRunning roundnIn a town of sin.nTen shots laternAnd one double beernMet a girl, said I donin some chapel out there.nnThat was, the best mistake I ever madenThe Lord works in mysterious ways.nChose the wrong path all my lifenbut for once I did something right.nJust one look at her and I see,nSomeone smiling down on me.nAnd I'm not too proud to saynThat was the best mistake I ever made.nnTryin to start a familynwas the last thing we had planned,nTill I came home from worknand she had her head in her hands.nI could see the worrynthrough the teardrops in her eyes,nShe said, How we gonna do thisnWhen we're barely gettin by?nWe weren't prepared for all these changes in our world.nThat all changed when the doctor said It's a girl.nnThat was, the best mistake I ever madenThe Lord works in mysterious ways.nChose the wrong path all my lifenbut for once I did something right.nJust one look at her and I see,nSomeone smiling down on me.nAnd I'm not too proud to saynThat was the best mistake I ever made.nnThere's consequences to the decisions in our livesnJust cause we didn't mean to do itnThat don't mean that it ain't rightnnThat was, the best mistake I ever madenThe Lord works in mysterious ways.nChose the wrong path all my lifenbut for once I did something right.nJust one look at her and I see,nSomeone smiling down on me.nAnd I'm not too proud to saynThat was the best mistake I ever made.