If I was your mother

Would you let me hold your hand?

Would you say you were my baby?

Would you always be my friend? If I was your mother

Could I teach you what's right?

Could I tell you stories?

Maybe tuck you in

And kiss you sweet goodnight Oh, tell me what I got to do?

To make my life mean more to you

I could get so close it's true

If I was your mother Would you always believe me?

Because I'd wake up in the middle

Of the night

Just to see if you need me Tell me there's no other

With whom you're sharing your secrets

And would you tell me 'bout all the boys

You been bringing home to meet me Oh, tell me what I've got to do?

To make my life mean more to you

I could get so close it's true

If I was yours Tell me who I got to be?

To make you a part of me

No one else you'd ever need

If I was your mother, mother

If I was your mother, mother When love is blood

You're never on trial

Love don't get deeper

Than a mother and child

Oh baby, I got to get that close to you Tell me what I've got to do?

To make my life mean more to you

I could get so close it's true

If I was yours Tell me who I got to be?

To make you a part of me

There's no one else you'd ever need

If I was your mother, mother

If I was your mother, mother

Yeah, mother, mother If I was your mother, mother

If I was your mother, mother

If I was your mother, mother

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