Verse
You watch little voices count to ten
then off to college to gain life’s wins
Their dreams and minds change in ways we don’t plan
I cry to my friends as they chase them
Pre-Chorus
Nothing prepares you as they grow
Nothing prepares you as they grow
Hoping you have given them enough to know
Enough to know
Chorus
I checked your breathing so many times as you sleep
So many times as you sleep
The best things in my babies life were never mine to keep
Never mine to keep
Names may change
Life’s test’s to take
Driving across country
And hearts that break
First dances
And seeds of their own
And all of their most special moments
Never my own
Never my own
Post-Chorus Hook
Never mine to keep
Never mine to keep
Never mine to keep
Never my own
Verse
I watched you dance and walk across stages
I watch you win and loose some places
Wiped tears and argued your sins
Watched you pass through several friends
Pre-Chorus (shorter, lifted)
Nothing prepares you as they grow
Hoping you have given them enough to know
Chorus
I checked your breathing so many times as you sleep
So many times as you sleep
The best things in my babies life were never mine to keep
Never mine to keep
Names may change
Life’s test’s to take
Driving across country
And heart break
First dances
And seeds of their own
And all of their most special moments
Never my own
Never my own
Bridge
Small little minds and souls that grow
Don’t know all those behind the show
I wept on my friends shoulders and my parents laps
When you got sick or created mishaps
Entire world as I to grow
Nothing was prepared to let you go
Letting go
Letting go
Watching you fail or watching you prevail
Letting go
Letting go
Chorus
I checked your breathing so many times as you sleep
So many times as you sleep
The best things in my babies life were never mine to keep
Never mine to keep
Names may change
Life’s test’s to take
Driving across country
And hearts that break
First dances
And seeds of their own
And all of their most special moments
Never my own
Outro
Life’s greatest gift
Not mine to tell
Life’s greatest gift
Not mine to tell