This song is in awe, acceptance and appreciation of what is, to a man, the unfathomable mystery of women, whether mother, partner or child. Long may the mystery remain.

MOTHER AND CHILD

I have seen her in the laughter and the loneliest of times

She is there before and after in the mother and the child

And for my part I've felt her heart beat in my mind.

She is there in every season, every feeling I have felt

She is each and every reason, a beginning and an end

And in my soul I've always known her as a friend.

And it seems to me that I have seen her face in every page I ever wrote

I even dream I hear her voice in every word and every note

And all along in every song I'm reaching for her hand to take me home.

We have paid for our tomorrows in the currency of youth

We have tried through joy and sorrow to be timeless, to be true

What we hold was never old and never new.

Like a mystery I twilight when there's little there to see

Or a symphony in silence she is simple and complete

Hand in hand I understand and I believe.

And it seems to me that I have seen her face in every page I ever wrote

I even dream I hear her voice in every word and every note

And all along in every song I' m reaching for her hand to take me home.