Stitched Across My Design (Take 2)

Alto Saxophone Intro

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Verse 1

Nine months four days and thirty-six years

Half a lifetime of wandering since you first held me near

You traded your dreams for my waking hours

Turned all your tomorrows into mine to devour

Seven AM bottles and midnight tears

You sang through the storm till the silence cleared

Every scraped knee you kissed till it healed

Every bad night you stayed till the morning peeled

Pre-Chorus

And I never said it loud enough

I never wrote it down

But your name is stitched across my whole design

Chorus

Mommy you're my shelter

My softest place to fall

You were there when I needed

You answered every call

I hope you're here for a long long while

I love you mommy

I love you mommy

Post-Chorus

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Love you mommy

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Verse 2

First day of school you held my hand so tight

Taught me that brave was a choice in the night

You worked double shifts till your hands grew worn

Came home still smiling though your back was torn

You taught me to laugh at the crooked road

To carry my grief and still carry the load

Every lesson you gave me became my spine

Every line on your face is a prayer of mine

Pre-Chorus

And I never said it loud enough

I never wrote it down

But your heartbeat is the rhythm I keep time to now

Chorus

Mommy you're my shelter

My softest place to fall

You were there when I needed

You answered every call

I hope you're here for a long long while

I love you mommy

I love you mommy

Bridge

Thirty-six years of quiet sacrifice

A throne built from patience with a gentle price

I hold your hand now the way you held mine

If I live long enough I'll be half as kind

Verse 3

So if the road gets heavy and the days get long

Remember the daughter who still sings your song

Every step I take is a step you made

Every good thing in me is a gift you laid

So stay a while longer let me hold the door

Let me be the one who holds you and more

For nine months four days and a lifetime true

There was never a mommy quite like you

Chorus

Mommy you're my shelter

My softest place to fall

You were there when I needed

You answered every call

I hope you're here for a long long while

I love you mommy

I love you mommy

Outro

I love you mommy

I love you mommy

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I love you

I love you mommy