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Aidan's Song (Child of My Heart)

from Alone . . . With Friends by Cat Greenberg

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I started this song when Bari and I had just started telling folks we were expecting, mostly toying with the chorus. Bari's death changed the direction it took, and I completed it Oct. 2015, when Aidan was 8 months old.

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Your father's dream to have a child, he'd waited for so long,
But fate had not been kind to he and Kim.
And when we fell in love I knew - His heart's greatest desire was you,
And science could help our family to begin.

Not a child of my body, still a child of my heart;
I love you just as though I gave you birth.
Family is not defined only by ties of blood,
Nor is it the measure of its worth.

Many people helped to make the dream of you come true,
Some you know and some you'll never meet.
Science helped to facilitate - Our love's desire to create,
To have you make our family complete.

Not a child of my body, still a child of my heart;
I love you just as though I gave you birth.
Family is not defined only by ties of blood,
Nor is it the measure of its worth.

Your daddy died knowing at last a father he would be.
I wish he could be here to watch you grow.
Still surrounding us his love I feel - His spirit through your eyes revealed,
His joy within your laughter overflows.

Not a child of my body, still a child of my heart;
I love you just as though I gave you birth.
Family is not defined only by ties of blood,
Nor is it the measure of its worth.

Bridge:
Many will be there to love and guide you,
Sibs, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents,
Some by blood, others by choice.
A community of music to encourage your life's song,
In a circle where you'll always belong!

Not a child of my body, still a child of my heart;
I love you just as though I gave you birth.
Family is not defined only by ties of blood,
Nor is it the measure of its worth.

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from Alone . . . With Friends, released September 1, 2020
Lyrics & Music by Sandra Greenberg Arr. By Cathy McManamon
©2015 Mountain Cat Media LLC

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Cat Greenberg St. Louis, Missouri

Cat Greenberg is a writer and singer/songwriter from the St. Louis, MO area where she lives with cats, a dog and her youngest child, Aidan. Alone, With Friends is her first solo album. Her 2 previous albums are: Romancing the Filk, with her late husband, Bari, and Accidental Filk Band, with their band The Unusual Suspects. Cat also works with Canticles Productions (www.canticlesproductions.com) ... more

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