When I was young I had thoughts of a kind that still linger

entwined with realities reasoning

I'd sit on the hill side and look out far yonder, imagine I'd easily

fly away, to where? I don't know,

But the imagery caught by my quick imagination would lift me

my spirit to conquer a fall

Well now let me tell you the simplest of stories

We've all been through this moment

and really we've all been

through this birth



All praise this glorous chance of life

All praise this wonderous feeling too

All praise this time we all go through

This pain This light, we bare so fast

Rebirth at last



And I wanted to be by my wife

As she'd laboured and given

The child a life, she the purest soul

So I wanted to be by her side

For the very first time I said

For the full and simple reason

Well I wanted it, well yes I did



As a Mother and Father of innocence

Gladly helping a child to this world

There was more than relief on our minds

It was like touching moments in History

Not just for a memory

With the help of those dear people

Who could have thought for a better

reason of just wanting to be there

Who could have thought for a better

reason of just wanting to be there

Who could have thought for a better

reason of just wanting to be there

For the full and simple reason

Well I wanted it

wanted it

wanted to be there



Out in a whispering of time

Can a Mother and Child love right away

Mother and Father as their right accept a reason

As the child's eyes that dream on and dream a life away

So the moment I thought about release of life that comes on

And how hopefully wise we become with each passing day

I wondered at this devine "Animation Of Life"

As the moment her eyes opened wide I could see

it was her first day

was her first sound

Time had stood still

Brought my knees to the ground



The moment I saw the look in her eyes

I knew I was captured by an angel in disguise

And as I sit on that green covered hill long ago

The memory of a deeper love inside me flows



Oh -- it comes and it passes through you

Oh -- it comes and it passes through you



Tell me things that our fore fathers have tried

I'll tell you there's nothing in life to touch the birth of a child,

I want these words to linger on and on

for I was there beside my loved one



Oh tell me there is nothing like seeing the birth of a child

So tell me the thought

the memory

lingers so