Two Mothers

As I lay you gently down to sleep

I hear my mother's voice lilting to me

Unexpected child was I upon a young girl

Through her tears she sang me farewell

Come sing a song for the mothers

Who held you in their arms when you were a child

Who sacrificed their dreams for ours, taught us to fly

Soothing our fears with her lullaby

Wrapped up in mother's crocheted shawl

I crossed a faraway sea to a world turned around

New hands, a bottle, kind eyes and a strange lullaby

My new mother answered my cries

Come sing a song for the mothers

Who held you in their arms when you were a child

Who sacrificed their dreams for ours, taught us to fly

Soothing our fears with sweet lullaby

Time like the tide, she ebbs and flows

And in my arms I cradle a child of my own

Her eyes the forest green while mine are cornflower blue

Perhaps they're a keepsake from you

Come sing a song for the mothers

Who held you in their arms when you were a child

Who sacrificed their dreams for ours, taught us to fly

Soothing our fears with her lullaby

Soothing our fears with sweet lullaby