Because You’re My Baby

Verse 1
I knew love before you,
Or at least I thought I did,
Then I held you in my arms
And my whole world shifted.

Every worry got bigger,
Every little thing mattered more,
I started seeing forever
In the face I was living for.

Pre-Chorus
I won’t always have the answers,
I won’t always get it right,
But I’ll be the one beside you
Through every dark and every light.

Chorus
Because you’re my baby,
Even when you’re grown,
Even when life takes you places
Far away from home.

I’ll be cheering from the sidelines,
I’ll be praying when you’re scared,
And if the whole world lets you down,
You’ll still find me there.

You could be thirty, forty, fifty,
And I’ll still see that little face.
There’s nothing you could ever do
To make me love you any less.

Because being your mama
Is the greatest part of me,
And wherever this life takes you,
You’ll always be my baby.

Verse 2
I’ve watched you learn to stand up,
Watched you fall and try again,
Watched you become your own person,
Not just where my story ends.

And sometimes I wanna protect you
From every hurt I’ve ever known,
But loving you also means learning
When to let you find your own.

Pre-Chorus
So go chase every dream,
Make mistakes and change your mind,
There will always be a place for you
Right here by my side.

Chorus
Because you’re my baby,
Even when you’re grown,
Even when life takes you places
Far away from home.

I’ll be cheering from the sidelines,
I’ll be praying when you’re scared,
And if the whole world lets you down,
You’ll still find me there.

Bridge
One day you may understand
Why I worried like I did,
Why I called too many times,
Why I still saw you as a kid.

It wasn’t that I doubted you,
It was just my heart learning
How to love somebody so much
And still let them spread their wings.

Final Chorus
You’ll always be my baby,
No matter where you go,
No matter how much time goes by,
There’s one thing you’ll always know.

You’ll never have to earn my love,
You never have to ask,
Through every version of yourself,
I’ll love every one you have.

And when I’m old and looking back
At everything I got to be,
Being called your mama
Will still mean everything to me.