TO MY DAUGHTER
How can you know where you haven't been?
After the storm of the night before
I arose from my bed feeling new and clean.
They tell you about the pain
They tell you about the sleepless nights
They tell you about your life
That it will never be the same.
CHORUS
But oh my child, my baby girl they never say
They never say
That from today a brand new day.
I rose from my bed to see the truth.
The perfect miracle of you
Your tiny hands were open as you slept
You breathed so easily
I wept.
NEW VERSE
The years have flown away from me
Your sister born, your brother
There are times I know you might have wished
You'd had a better mother
There are words we haven't spoken
And moments that have passed
But my love was always there
CHORUS
And oh my child my baby girl they never say
They never say
That from today a brand new day
I rose from my bed to see the truth
The perfect miracle of you
Your hands were open as you slept
You breathed so easily
I wept.