Mother is the word for the woman who gave birth
Who held you in the rocking chair
Who gently washed your hair

Who helped you with your homework
When you were so confused


Mother is the word for the woman of the earth
Who sang you soft to sleep
Who loves you oh so deep

Who put gloves on your hands and bent down to tie your shoes

She's greater than the sun

And she's your only one

Mother mama mommy

How you do it is beyond me
I can hardly fathom
How you do it day to day

Mother mommy mama
Sometimes made me when I didn't wanna
Made sure I was well fed

And that I could always find my way

Mother is the word for the woman like a bird

That pushed me out the nest
As I flew and heaved my chest
Out among the bluest skies

In the morning full of light

Mother is the word for the woman I've adored

Who dressed my tended wounds
And showed me the man in the moon
Who checked on me while I slept

In the blackest night

She's stronger than the wind

She's the ending and begin - ing