When I was younger I told my mother \"I say, one day I'm gonna make you proud\"
Now that I'm older It's so much harder To say those words out loud
You're growing taller A little smarter And one day you're gonna leave home Oh, will you look like your mother's father Oh, when you are fully grown?
Ooh ooh oh oh oh oho ho . . .
When I was younger, I asked my father \"Why are we so human?\" Now that I'm older I think I figured it out We're just doing what we can
Oh ooh oh oh . . .
Because I won't I won't lay you down I won't lay you I won't lay you down, oh now I won't, I won't lay down I won't lay you, I won't lay you, I won't, I won't lay you down
When I was younger, I told my mother \"I say, one day I'm gonna make you proud\"