If I was your mother
Would you let me hold your hand?
Would you say you were my baby?
Would you always be my friend?
If I was your mother
Could I teach you what's right?
Could I tell you stories?
Maybe tuck you in
And kiss you sweet goodnight
Oh, tell me what I got to do?
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was your mother
Would you always believe me?
Because I'd wake up in the middle
Of the night
Just to see if you need me
Tell me there's no other
With whom you're sharing your secrets
And would you tell me 'bout all the boys
You been bringing home to meet me
Oh, tell me what I've got to do?
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours
Tell me who I got to be?
To make you a part of me
No one else you'd ever need
If I was your mother, mother
If I was your mother, mother
When love is blood
You're never on trial
Love don't get deeper
Than a mother and child
Oh baby, I got to get that close to you
Tell me what I've got to do?
To make my life mean more to you
I could get so close it's true
If I was yours
Tell me who I got to be?
To make you a part of me
There's no one else you'd ever need
If I was your mother, mother
If I was your mother, mother
Yeah, mother, mother
If I was your mother, mother
If I was your mother, mother
If I was your mother, mother