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

Suddenly you're 17 and it's just 18 months 'til goodbye

I'd rather deny it

God knows I'd try if 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

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

But nobody ever warned me

That the years go too fast and there's just no pressing rewind

'Cause time is a liar

Wish I could set the clock on fire, turn it back to yesterday

Oh, but it just keeps ticking away

Loving you is holding you

And lifting you up

And planting the seeds and then watching you grow, oh oh

Even though it's hard to do

It's letting you fall

And giving you wings so you fly on your own

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, oh oh oh oh

Even though it's hard to do

It's letting you fall

And giving you wings so you fly on your own

Part of loving you is letting you go

Letting you go, oh oh