Where Did You Go When I Turned Around
Where have you been, I've missed you so
You were only this big now look at you go
now you're 4 you're not 3 like you were before
now you're 5 oh my gosh how does this work, how can you soar
like a bird high up in the sky
when I'm not looking your 5 feet high
you're too pretty you really are
you look like somebody on tv like a movie star
where's that chubby baby where did you go
you are going out on the town and with boys
you are beautiful at your prom
I am such a proud mom
then you go off on your own
and I of course feel all alone
I have what they call empty nest
where I have a lot of free time and the rest
I don't like this, you're away from me
I can't rock my little baby
I have to let you find your own way
cut those apron strings and you can fly and say
mom, "I'll still call you it's not like I've left the country"
but to me you are way far away to a foreign city
I still love you to the moon and back and always will
you will always be the "baby" and if you are ill
and if you need me, just call me, I mean it
I'll be there in a minute
you are part of me
and I'm part of you
we will always be
as you will see
together
Copyright © Faith Dye | Year Posted 2015
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