The First Day of School

Don't turn around my little child

don't watch me walk away...

Because I'll want to take you home

and keep you one more day...

Standing tall in brand new shoes

your hand is on the door...

If I could freeze this moment, dear

you'd be my babe once more...

But new adventures wait for you

new places and new friends...

The road ahead is wide and long

and filled with forks and bends...

It's time for us to say goodbye

you show the strength I lack...

for as I turn to leave you there

it's I who must look back...