Nanny's Song

Sitting down to write these words

I’m thinking about you

And all the times that as a child

I didn’t know what to do

You kept me straight, you kept me right

And you watched over my life

When I strayed from the path

Your disappointment cut like a knife

Now I’m grown and I can see

What you were trying to do

And I don’t think I told you enough

How much that I love you

Sitting here thinking back

On possessions I have lost

They don’t mean a thing to me

But I couldn’t count the cost

Of losing you early on

And missing all your thoughts

And with all the money in the world

Those times just can’t be bought

Well I’ll be done really soon

But I’ll say right now

Just how much I love you

And in heaven angels will bow

And when before the gates you stand

You will have a sweet reward

‘Cause from my heart a prayer was sent

To the one Almighty Lord

Keep her safe and keep her well

And let her look on down

At the one kneeling there

Thinking of the words he’d sung

Sitting here reading these words

I’m thinking about you

And all the times that my child

Will want to know what to do

I just hope that your words

That they’ll come back to me

‘Cause your wisdom and your love

Should last throughout eternity