Step by Step

Well, I wasn't there to see the first steps or hear the first word

Or watch the doctor bring them in

And there's a lot of time I missed out on

I'll never get back again

Call it steppin' up or steppin' in

But step by step, my world went spinnin'

Around that little heart and angel face

They're growin' up and I'm growin' old

Makin' memories we'll always hold

But I thank God for sendin' them my way

'Cause it ain't my blood or DNA

That made that precious child

But it don't take rocket science to figure out

They're my life

One day, they'll have their first kiss and their first dance

And their I-turned-sixteen car

And I'll be right there whey they walk in hurt

From their first broken heart

And I'm longin' for those moments

Along with all the ones I missed

I never knew this was how life would turn out

But I'm sure glad it did

Call it steppin' up or steppin' in

But step by step, my world went spinnin'

Around that little heart and angel face

They're growin' up and I'm growin' old

Makin' memories we'll always hold

But I thank God for sendin' them my way

'Cause it ain't my blood or DNA

That made that precious child

But it don't take rocket science to figure out

That they're my life

One day, they'll look back through all these years

And I pray that they'll find

That even though they didn't come from me

They know that they're mine

Call it steppin' up or steppin' in

But step by step, my world went spinnin'

Around that little heart and angel face

They're growin' up and I'm growin' old

Makin' memories we'll always hold

But I thank God for sendin' them my way

'Cause it ain't my blood or DNA

That made that precious child

But it don't take rocket science to figure out

That they're my life