Story Behind The Song
With two grown daughters and a grown son, and a daughter going into high school Dave felt that heart-tug that so many parents feel as they watch their children become their own people- needing their folks less and less as they grow older and (hopefully) w
Song Description
Parents must learn at some time to let their children grow up and leave the nest- no matter how hard it may be.
| Song Length |
3:24 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Pride |
| Similar Artists |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Oh Loretta You've got your mother's eyes
Oh Loretta when you look at me it's so surprisin'
To hear you're leavin' leavin' me behind
When I think of all my love for you
I can't keep from cryin'
Oh Loretta did you just think of this today?
Oh Loretta are you serious or are you playin' with my
Frail emotion knowin' how I feel for you?
Do you really care about
What you're about to do?
Oh Loretta remember in years gone by
Oh Loretta how I held you when you cried and how I
Tried to share your happiness reached out in your pain
Will you walk out and turn your back on me
And break my heart again?
Oh Loretta we knew this day would come
Oh Loretta when you'd take off and start runnin'
You know your mother and me love you so much
We won't try to make you stay
Your time has come to be on the run and
We won't stand in your way.
(c)2006 J.David Hawkins
Mountainside Music-BMI