Letting You Go

Wasn't I brushing the hair from your face?

Wasn't I just drying your tears and

Singing you sweet dreams at night

Seems like it was just yesterday

And suddenly you're 17 and

It's just eighteen months till goodbye

I'd rather deny it

And God knows I've tried

I could keep you here at home

But I know

Loving you is holding you

And lifting you up and planting the seeds

And then watching you grow

And even though it's hard to do

It's letting you fall and giving you wings

So you fly on your own

'Cause part of loving you is letting you go

All of your life, I've prepared you to leave

Now that little boy's all grown up and

It's too late for changing my mind

Nobody ever warned me

That the years go too fast

And there's just no pressing rewind

'Cause time is a lie

Wish I could set the clock on fire

Turn it back to yesterday

But it just keeps ticking away

Loving you is holding you

And lifting you up and planting the seeds

And then watching you grow

Even though it's hard to do

It's letting you fall and giving you wings

So you fly on your own

And part of loving you is letting you go

No matter how I wanna make you stay

You were also born to fly away

Loving you is holding you

And lifting you up and planting the seeds

And then watching you grow

Even though it's hard to do

It's letting you fall and giving you wings

So you fly on your own

And part of loving you is letting you go

Letting you go