Not Mine To Keep

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