MUSIC FOR SALE

Verse 1:
Tiny hands curl around my finger
First steps, I pray for time to linger
Bedtime stories whispered,
a soft sigh
Turn away and the years just slip on by

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Chorus:
One day you hold a seed in your hand
Next it’s a tree that scrapes the sky
Turn once, the cradle’s empty
Turn twice, they’re waving goodbye
My oh my, how the time has flown
Here stands my baby, all but grown

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Verse 2:
Backpacks stacked at the door at dawn
First car keys, and suddenly they’re gone
I catch my breath through hidden tears
So proud, so aching, heart split in gears

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Chorus:
One day you hold a seed in your hand
Next it’s a tree that scrapes the sky
Turn once, the cradle’s empty
Turn twice, they’re waving goodbye
My oh my, how the time has flown
Here stands my baby, all but grown

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Bridge:
Every laugh, every soft little cry
Every “why,” every lullaby
Lives inside me, never gone
I carry it as they move on

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Chorus (final):
One day you hold a seed in your hand
Next it’s a tree that scrapes the sky
Turn once, the cradle’s empty
Turn twice, they’re waving goodbye
My oh my, how the time has flown
Here stands my baby, all but grown