TO MY CHILD

THE DAY YOU WERE BORN

MY HEART ACHED SWEETLY

FULL OF PROMISE AND HOPE

I LOVED YOU COMPLETELY

THE SWEET ACHE CONTINUED

AS I WATCHED YOU GROW

I PATCHED UP YOUR BOO-BOO'S

PLAYED WITH YOU IN THE SNOW

YOU GREW INTO A TEEN

AND THE SWEET ACHE STILL GREW

YOUR PLAYED SOCCER, GUITAR

FELL IN LOVE A TIME OR TWO

I WISH I COULD PINPOINT

WHEN THAT SWEET ACHE GAVE WAY

TO A PAIN AND A FEAR

FOR YOUR LIFE EVERY DAY

THAT SWEET ACHE  I HAD

FULL OF PROMISE AND HOPE

HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A HATRED

OF A MONSTER CALLED DOPE

PLEASE GOD, HELP MY CHILD

THERE'S NO MORE I CAN DO

I'LL KEEP LOVING HIM

BUT GIVE HIM OVER TO YOU