It was at my parents house
In the backyard where I thought about
What I was gonna sing
At my mum's friend's daughter's wedding
And as I played around
Preparing songs for a crowd
My mum came outside and sat down
Oooh oooh oooh
So I played her that one song
I've been loving now for so long
And I can see it in her eyes
Won't take long now 'till she cries
The song's about a mother's love
I guess me singing to her made her think of us
Oooh oooh oooh
And then before we know it
The door rings and it opens
Because she never waits for us
I hear her inside calling
And soon her cheek on my cheek
She joins us outside by the grass
And my mum said won't you play again
For us
So I played the song for her
The first the second the third verse
A smile was on her face
And tears in the same place
And afterwards she tells me then
How special it was for the two of them
One day you'll understand
I knew exactly what she meant
Oooh oooh oooh
Because before you know it
You'll have your own little kid
And be a mother of your own
And I remember thinking
I cannot wait 'till they meet
Wouldn't have thought that she'd be gone
But I'll make sure when they hear your name
They'll know
Oooh oooh oooh
Few months later it got colder
And not long after we knew
It was this song that we chose
For when we said goodbye to you
And I heard it was Dolly's favourite
Recently in an interview
And I was happy when I made it
All the way through
For you
Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh
Oooh oooh oooh