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## ALL NIGHT IF I WANT **Verse 1** There were words I held inside me for so many lonely years, Conversations I imagined through a thousand silent tears. I wondered what you carried, what you couldn't tell me then, And dreamed about the day we'd sit and really talk again. I couldn't call to check on you whenever you crossed my mind, Couldn't hear your voice at midnight or just talk to you till nine. Then you came home, and something changed deep inside my soul— For the first time in so long, I didn't have to miss you through a phone. **Verse 2** That first heart-to-heart we had, I'll carry it with me, Two hearts with so much history, just trying to understand and see. You spoke, and I listened, and I let my own heart show, There were things I needed you to hear, things I needed you to know. I wasn't just your mama trying to tell you what was right, I was someone who had missed you through so many endless nights. And beneath the man before me, through the years we couldn't share, I could still feel that little boy I'd give the world to know was there. **Chorus — All Night If I Want** I can call you, call you, **all night if I want,** Talk until the morning, till the rising of the sun. No more counting minutes, no more waiting by the phone, I can hear my baby's voice, I can finally reach my son. **All night if I want to, all night if I please,** Talk about our troubles, laugh until we can't breathe. After all the nights I wished that I could talk to you, **You're home, I'm here, and I can call whenever I want to!** No more hanging up before we're ready to be through— **My son is home, and I can finally talk to you!** **Verse 3** Do you know how much it means to hear you answer when I call? To know I don't have to wait for some appointed time at all? To call you just to ask you how your day has been, To hear you laugh, to share a thought, to hear your voice again. I can call you in the morning, I can call you late at night, I can tell you that I love you just because the time feels right. What might seem so small to others feels like a treasure I can hold— Because freedom sounds like your voice, and that sound is worth its weight in gold. **Verse 4** I know we can't reclaim the years or change the roads behind, Can't undo the hurt we've carried or the moments left confined. There may be things we don't yet know, some wounds that need repair, Some days we'll struggle finding words for feelings hard to share. But we don't have to fix it all or heal in just one day, We can build a stronger bond with every word we say. And if all we do tonight is talk until the daylight breaks, I'll be grateful for each moment and each memory we make. **Chorus — All Night If I Want** I can call you, call you, **all night if I want,** Talk until the morning, till the rising of the sun. No more counting minutes, no more waiting by the phone, I can hear my baby's voice, I can finally reach my son. **All night if I want to, all night if I please,** Talk about our troubles, laugh until we can't breathe. After all the nights I wished that I could talk to you, **You're home, I'm here, and I can call whenever I want to!** No more hanging up before we're ready to be through— **My son is home, and I can finally talk to you!** **Verse 5** Allah, the Most High, knows the weight a mother's heart can bear, Knows the nights I missed my son and wished that I could be right there. Knows the questions left unanswered, knows the love that never died, Knows the tears I tried to swallow and the ache I held inside. And I don't claim to know the reasons for the roads we've had to roam, But I know the gift of hearing your voice now that you're home. So I cherish every conversation, every laugh and every sigh, Because time is never promised, and these moments pass us by. **Verse 6** So call me when you're hurting, call me when you're proud, Call me when you're laughing or when life's a little loud. Call me when you need advice, or when you've got nothing new, Call me just to hear my voice—I'll be glad to hear from you. We have so much life ahead of us, so many things to do, So many nights and mornings when I'll get to talk to you. And I hope you always understand, no matter where you roam, You will never have to earn the love that makes my heart your home. **Final Chorus — Bigger, More Emotional** I can call you, call you, **all night if I want,** Talk until the morning, till the rising of the sun. No more counting minutes, no more waiting by the phone, I can hear my baby's voice, I can finally reach my son. **All night if I want to, all night if I please,** Talk about our troubles, laugh until we can't breathe. After all the nights I wished that I could talk to you, **You're home, I'm here, and I can call whenever I want to!** No more hanging up before we're ready to be through— **My son is home, and I can finally talk to you!**