I guess that I can hold you
\none more time before you grow.
\nAnd tell you that I love you
\nso that you will always know.
\nPlease let me tie your shoe again.
\nOne day you’ll tie your own.
\nAnd when you think back to this time
\nI hope it’s love I’ve shown.
\nCan I help you put your coat on?
\nCan I please cut up your meat?
\nCan I pull you in the wagon?
\nCan I pick you out a treat?
\nOne day you might just care for me,
\nso let me care for you.
\nI want to be a part
\nof every little thing you do.
\nTonight could I please wash your hair?
\nCan I put toys in the bath?
\nCan I help you count your small ten toes
\nbefore I teach you math?
\nBefore you join a baseball team
\ncan I pitch you one more ball?
\nAnd one more time can I stand near
\nto make sure you don’t fall?
\nLet’s take another space-ship ride
\nUp to the Planet Zoor.
\nBefore our Cardboard Rocket
\ndoesn’t fit us anymore.
\nPlease let me help you up the hill.
\nwhile you’re still too small to climb.
\nAnd let me read you stories
\nwhile you’re young and have the time.
\nI know the day will come
\nwhen you will do these things alone.
\nWill you recall the shoulder rides
\nand all the balls we’ve thrown?
\nI want you to grow stronger
\nthan your Dad could ever be.
\nAnd when you find success
\nthere will be no soul more proud than me.
\nSo will you let me carry you?
\nOne day you’ll walk alone.
\nI cannot bear to miss one day
\nfrom now until you’ve grown.
\n
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