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



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

'Cause I'd wake up in the middle

Of the night

Just to see if you need me



Tell me there's no other

To who you're telling your secrets

And would you tell me

'Bout all the boys you been

Bringing home to meet me



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 yours



Tell me who I got to be

To make you a part of me

There’s no one else you’d never 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 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 never need

If I was your



Mother, mother

If I was your

Mother, mother



Mother, mother

If I was your

Mother, mother