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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Can't I stay???Can't I stay, oh Mother dear
In this world a few more years
Why do you softly take my hand
To say, on my feet, I have to stand
Am I not standing on my feet
Am I not running around
Don't you say I flee too quickly
When nowhere I am found?
This world is, Mother, all my own
All explored, all seen, all known
But what I hear I cannot believe
When you say that I have to leave
How can you send me there
Where I have never been
A place all unknown and strange
That not even you have seen
There I will miss your hand to hold
Your love when you try to scold
And you say that I have to go
How can, Mother, you tell me so
On whose lap will I lie there
When sleep will play with me
Who will tell the reasons behind
The dreams I always see
Who will, there, wipe my tears
Who will quiet my fears
To whose arms will I run
When, Mother, there will be none
Who will see my eyes and say
I had cried the night before
And when I return tired and frail
Who will stand at the door
Whom will I tell about that fool
Who quarreled with me at school
With whom will I share jokes, Mother
When we will be not together
Who will walk on the streets with me
Who will take me to the garden
Who will pick me up, Mother dear
When I will be sometimes fallen
With whom will I share my secret
Before whom will I cry my eyes wet
If I am lost, who will care
When Mother, you won't be there
To whom will I complain
Of the things that I hate
Who will get me ready on time
When I am ever late
Who will tell me bedtime stories
Who will wash away my worries
Mother, don't you yet understand
I can't go to that unknown land
Oh Mother, there is no home there
Tell me then, when my task is done
When its time to sit and relax
Each day, where will I return?
Who will wait for me at night
Who will smile at my sight
At each meal, who will wait
Till I empty my whole plate
Why do you, Mother dear
With tears filled in your eyes
Are trying to convince me
That this life forever flies
This just cannot be true
That I will not miss you
When there will be people all around
Whoever there may be found
For, there will be not a single soul
To correct me when I am wrong
To teach me the ways of life
Or even to sing a forgotten song
Mother, must I leave?
Is that what you really believe
Mother, can't I stay
For may be just one more day.
