But You Do

But You Do You didn’t have to take on the responsibility You didn’t have to pick us up the way you have you see You didn’t have to buy us clothes or shoes for our feet Or put a roof above our head and give us food to eat But You Do You didn’t have to be there to hold us as we cried You could have just kept walking, completely justified You didn’t have to be there when no one else could stay You didn’t have to show you care or ever look our way But You Do You didn’t have to shed a tear or open up your heart You didn’t have to hold our hand or even make a start You didn’t have to be there when we had a desperate need You didn’t have to hold us close or perform the smallest deed But You Do You didn’t have to take us in as though we were your own And vow to keep us under wing till we were fully grown You didn’t have to try to teach us what we need to know You didn’t have to feel a thing or ever love us so But You Do Written for a friend who has adopted 2 children who's biological parents were imprisoned for drug trafficking