One Look At You

What did I know about sorrow, And what had I learned about love? What did I know about God in his heaven, And what did I know much else of? You came to me under a shadow, Or some would say under a cloud; You never asked much, just a mother’s own touch, And you never cried hard or cried loud. On the day you were born, when they left us alone, Why I brought you right into my bed, I looked into your eyes, kissed you over and over And these are the words that I said: Forgive me for thinking that two was enough, Forgive me for wishing you gone, One look at you here in my arms and I know That together is where we belong. Now you make every morning a sunrise, And you make every nightfall a thrill, Though the world’s full of children, there’s no one like you, Never has been and there never will. If an angel of God came and told me I could have my life back like before But I couldn’t have you, do you know what I’d do? I would send him back out through the door. Yes, I know I’ve made thousands of dreadful mistakes As a mother and also as wife; But I tell you the truth, it is you and your sisters Who anchor me here in this life.