A7/9. A Child's Wish. ISRC-CB-GWT-26-00272

Oom-pah-pah! Oom-pah-pah! Something happened in our house Mommy left Daddy got quiet And when Daddy gets quiet I know something isn't right He says he's looking for another job But I know he's worried too Then one day you came to stay And everything changed with you You came to help my Daddy You came from far away You're his work partner At least that's what you say! You don't lecture me You help me with my school You play with me you laugh with me And somehow Dad looks cool! You make the house feel brighter You make the bad days small You keep Daddy from wandering Too close to the edge of it all So I asked myself a question A very important one: Could you be my friend? Could you stay? Could you be the missing piece That makes our family okay? Then I heard you're going back To California soon Somewhere near the Golden Gate Where the sun shines on the moon! I asked you “Who are you?” You smiled and said “Your Dad's lawyer” Then you thought for just a moment “Sometimes more than friends” More than friends? I knew it! Well maybe I knew it You said you once went dancing But love was never named You both were standing very close But neither played the game Maybe grown-ups are complicated Maybe they don't always see What an eight-year-old can see As easily as me Can I be your friend too? Of course you can Then maybe you could teach me All the things you know And maybe Daddy could come with us When you have to go The March wind blows North East South and West I don't know much about California But I think it might be best! Maybe I'll see the Golden Gate Maybe Dad will come along Maybe you'll be my coach When everything goes wrong And maybe Just maybe You could be more than friends Maybe three of us together Learning how to start again Maybe you and Dad together And me right in between Not because I need a mother I already know who I am But because I like the way you make My Daddy smile again I'm tired now I think I'll sleep By morning you'll be flying away So I have one little wish Before the night turns into day I wish Dad and I could visit you I wish you could stay somehow Maybe you and Dad can figure out What you both should do now Maybe it's his dream Maybe it's your dream Maybe it's something new And maybe if I'm lucky There'll be a little room For me in that dream too So I'll close my eyes And make my wish Three people finding A place to begin A new road A new home A new family That's my wish.

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