When did I lose you, was it long ago?
Just yesterday you were this big
I’d tuck you in; you’d reach for me
I promised I’d be there
To make sure no one ever hurt you
I just can’t sleep, my growing teenage girl
We never had a fight like this
I’m at your door – and I look in
The pictures on your walls
Are in a world that I’m not in
Look what you’ve become
The very best of me
Tonight I say good-bye
To the child you’ll always be
Fly away
Fly away from me
Please fly away
Be all that you can be
You know that promise I made long ago?
That I’d let no one hurt my child
I never dreamed it would be me
I didn’t want to lose
The gift that means the most to me
Look what you’ve become
The very best of me
Tonight I say good-bye
To the child you’ll always be
Fly away
Fly away from me
Please fly away
Be all that you can be
Music and Lyrics by Jimmy Dunne
