AM I A MOTHER IF I’M NOT EVEN THERE?
TO GIVE YOU THE LOVE, THAT I SHOULD SHARE.

I HUG YOU, AND KISS YOU, AND TELL YOU GOODNIGHT.
I SHOULD COMPLEMENT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU ALWAYS DO RIGHT.

INSTEAD I YELL, AND PICK OUT WHAT IS WRONG.
IN MY HEART I KNOW I AM WRONG.

BUT IF I AM ANGRY, I TAKE IT OUT ON YOU.
THEN I SAY, I’M SORRY, AND SAY, “I LOVE YOU”.

YOU TELL ME IN A SONG, OR IN A BOOK AT NIGHT.
EVEN IN THE PICTURES YOU DRAW, WE ALL LOOK “JUST RIGHT”.

WITH SMILES ON US ALL, AND IT SEEMS THAT WE SHINE.
BUT LITTLE DID I KNOW, WE WEREN’T ALL JUST FINE.

NOW YOU SEE, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN SHARE.
IT’S TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY WANT, EVEN WHEN IT’S NOT THERE.

SO A NEW DAY BEGINS, AND SOON WE WILL SEE.
THIS LITTLE PERSON, WHO IS COUNTING ME!