Right There Beside You
by Tom Kennedy ©2003

Rise and shine sweet little boy of mine
This is your big day
The big yellow bluebird's gonna be here real soon
To come and take you away
The breakfast's on the table and mamma's there waitin'
She's talkin' with your grandma on the phone
'bout when your mamma was your age she was scared to go to school
But grandma told your mamma, "Girl, you'll never be alone"

Cuz Oh, when you go
You should know
I'll be right there beside you
Your eyes may not find me
Please believe me
I'll be right there beside you

Now he walks in the kitchen, smells the bacon fryin'
His mamma says, "Good mornin', my dear"
She wipes here eyes - he asks her, "Why are you cryin'?"
And she cracks a smile through the tears
She said, "I've always known that this day would happen"
"But it seems that you're growin' so fast"
"But there's one thing that I want to tell you, my son"
"It's not the first time you've heard this, it won't be the last"

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It's almost three
She stares out the window
And waits for his bus to arrive
When it finally gets there she opens the front door
He runs to her arms in the drive
He talks a hundred miles a minute about his teacher and recess
And all of the new friends he made
He said,"Mom, it was all pretty scary at first"
"But I remember that you were with me and I wasn't afraid"

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©2003