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
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