WHEN I COULDN'T
FALL ASLEEP
YOU'D READ TO ME
AND LAY RIGHT THERE
AT MY SIDE
IF I GRAZED A KNEE
FROM CLIMBING TREES
YOU'D COMFORT ME
AS I CRIED
YOU MADE MY
LUNCHES EVERYDAY
AND THOUGH YOU
WERE RUNNING LATE
YOU WOULD WALK ME
ALL THE WAY TO SCHOOL
BUILDING CASTLES
OUT OF SAND
WAY TOO YOUNG
TO UNDERSTAND
THAT LIFE WAS EASIER
BECAUSE OF YOU
SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR MAKING ME HALF
AS GOOD AS YOU
AND AS I GET OLDER
I UNDERSTAND WHAT
I PUT YOU THROUGH
I MISBEHAVED
I MADE MISTAKES
BUT YOU NEVER
TURNED AWAY
SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
AS A TEEN I LIED
IGNORED ADVICE
PRETENDED I
DIDN'T CARE
I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW
IT WAS ALL A SHOW
I LOVED YOU MORE
THAN I SHARED
I PUT YOUR PATIENCE
TO THE TEST
BUT YOU ALWAYS
DID YOUR BEST
YOU WERE TOUGH BUT
YOU WERE NEVER CRUEL
AND NOW THAT I'M A MAN
I'M PROUD OF WHO I AM
AND I KNOW IT'S
ALL BECAUSE OF YOU
SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR MAKING ME HALF
AS GOOD AS YOU
AND AS I GET OLDER
I UNDERSTAND WHAT
I PUT YOU THROUGH
I MISBEHAVED
I MADE MISTAKES
BUT YOU NEVER
TURNED AWAY
SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
YOU MAKE ME BETTER
I WOULD BE NOTHING
WITHOUT YOU
SO THIS IS MY LETTER
'CAUSE I WANNA
SHOW MY GRATITUDE
NO I'VE NEVER
BEEN AFRAID
IN THE WARMTH
OF YOUR EMBRACE
AND I'LL KEEP THAT
FEELING ALL MY LIFE
I HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN YOUR SON
YOU WILL ALWAYS
BE MY MOM
FROM THE CRADLE
'TIL THE DAY I DIE
SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR MAKING ME HALF
AS GOOD AS YOU
AND AS I GET OLDER
I UNDERSTAND WHAT
I PUT YOU THROUGH
I MISBEHAVED
I MADE MISTAKES
BUT YOU NEVER
TURNED AWAY
SO I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
YEAH
I WANNA THANK YOU
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO
FOR ALL THAT YOU DO