[Verse 1] I wasn't even five years old, standing in the rain, Holding my baby sister through the fear and pain. Mama and Daddy fighting, thunder through the night, Fear became my childhood, shadows stole the light. On my fifth birthday morning, they came and took me away, I held on to my mother, begging them to stay. My sister rode beside me, my brother went alone, Three children torn apart before we'd even grown. [Chorus] I lost my mother twice in this life of mine, Once as a little child, once with the hands of time. But love can cross the distance, love can cross the skies, And I still see her waiting when I close my eyes. Death may take the body, but love will never die, I lost my mother twice, but I know we'll meet someday on high. [Verse 2] Anger was my armor, fighting was my way, I pushed away the people who tried to make me stay. Then I found the running tracks, the ball fields and the game, Every mile and every play helped ease the hurt and shame. I learned to breathe through heartache, I learned to stand again, Though the scars upon my spirit remained beneath my skin. [Chorus] I lost my mother twice in this life of mine, Once as a little child, once with the hands of time. But love can cross the distance, love can cross the skies, And I still see her waiting when I close my eyes. Death may take the body, but love will never die, I lost my mother twice, but I know we'll meet someday on high. [Bridge] Years passed and I found her, and we began again, A daughter and her mother learning how to mend. We laughed and cried together through the good and bad, Finding all the moments that we'd never had. Then cancer came to steal her, slowly day by day, And in her final moments, she held me as I prayed. I cried there in her arms, not wanting her to go, Remembering the little girl from years and years ago. [Verse 3] She said, "If I can reach you, I'll send a sign above." One day I saw a heart-shaped cloud and a baby wrapped in love. And I knew my mother found the child I had lost. And heaven held them both for me beyond what eyes can see. Now when the nights grow lonely and tears begin to fall, I hear her voice inside me saying, "You can face it all." Though heaven keeps her from me and time has said goodbye, Love still lives forever underneath the endless sky. [Final Chorus] I lost my mother twice in this life of mine, Once as a little child, once with the hands of time. But love can cross the distance, love can cross the skies, And I still see her waiting when I close my eyes. Death may take the body, but love will never die, I lost my mother twice, but I know we'll meet someday on high. [Outro] I lost my mother twice, it's true, But somehow love brought me back to you. And when my journey here is through, I'll walk through heaven's gates... And find you waiting there.
