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You know tonight is a, a very important night for me |
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For a number of reasons, my little girl is here tonight |
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And I don't think you understand what it's like being the daughter |
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Of someone who is always gone, it's kind of scary and it's kind of lonely |
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And I guess you think to yourself sometimes"Is mummy ever gonna, ever gonna come home?" |
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And so my daughter looked up at me one day last week |
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And she said, "Mummy when are you just gonna stay homeOne day and be with me"? |
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And so it kinda struck me funny |
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And I didn't realize that |
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I hadn't spent anytime with her for a long time |
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So I sat down and wrote down this song after she went to bed |
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And I told her tonight when it was bedtime, |
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I would sing her song |
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I bet you ask yourself why |
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I'm never there |
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It's not because |
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I like being away |
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You see I've made a spectacle of myself |
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And it seems that the whole world needs me |
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I understand when you cry alone |
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And mama's not there to wipe your eyes |
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You see it's only because |
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I'm out being someone to make you cry |
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I got a little letter and |
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I read it on the plane |
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And in my heart |
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I felt a funny kind of pain |
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I wish that |
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I could be there to touch your face again |
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Mimi you're beautiful, |
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Mimi you're mine |
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And other things that |
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I do in my life |
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Seem to take up all your precious time |
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There's so much |
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I long to say |
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So much more |
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I long to do |
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But I guess it will all just have to wait |
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Till I can get to see you |
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Mimi you're mine, oh |
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Mimi you're mine |
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Oh, Mimi you fill my life, you fill my life with so much love' |
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Cause you're beautiful and you love me and you understand |
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Mimi it's bedtime, say goodnight |
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Goodnight |
