For many of us, a tune on the radio can take us back. A song can remind of us love, sadness, hope, and so much more. Here is compiled list of adoptions songs, songs written with adoption in mind, or songs that just remind us of adoption. You can always do a search (I always use google.com) to find out more about an artist or to purchase their work. All songs are copyrighted by the artists.
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Secret
Reba McEntire
She's quiet this morning,
she can't say why
sends her husband off to work
with a kiss goodbye
unlocks that old diary,
turns to the third of May
adds another tear to the page
and it's lonely being the only one
who knows the truth
CHORUS:
She has a secret
that she can never tell
one wrong decision
still puts her heart through hell
does he miss her
does he forgive her
the love that they shared will
always be a secret
Only she knows she still loves him,
and she hates the choice she made
wishes she could find him,
tell him why she walked away
every day gets harder livin' with herself
but she knew he'd be better off raised by someone else
God, it's lonely being the only one
who knows the truth
Repeat CHORUS
She unlocks that old diary,
turns to the third of May
adds another tear to the page
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Goodbye Baby
Fleetwood Mac
Don't take me to the tower
And take my child away
It was I who was
The hourglass
And the sands of time like
Shattering glass went past me
Like a tunnel to the sea
And I who went to sleep as two
Woke up as one now only you remain
You'll close your eyes and travel back
To the time when the light went fading fast
And the words you'll never, never forget, oh no
As you slipped away
Goodbye baby
I hope your heart's not broken
Don't forget me
Yes I was outspoken
You were with me all the time
I'll be with you one day
And I who went to sleep in tears
Woke up in tears, for all of the years
And I who never, never said goodbye
As I slipped away
Goodbye baby
I hope your heart's not broken
Don't forget me
Yes I was outspoken
You were with me all the time
I'll be with you one day
Goodbye baby
I hope your heart's not broken
Don't forget me
Yes I was outspoken
You were with me all the time
I'll be with you one day
Yes, I'll be with you one day
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From God's Arms, to my arms, to yours
Words and music by Michael McLean
With so many wrong decisions in my past, I'm not quite sure
if I can ever hope to trust my judgement anymore.
But lately I've been thinking, 'cause it's all I've had to do.
And in my heart I feel that I should give this child to you.
(Chorus)
And maybe you can tell your baby,
when you love him so, that he's been loved before;
By someone who delivered your son
From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.
If you choose to tell him, and if he wants to know,
How the one who gave him life could bear to let him go;
Just tell him there were sleepless nights; I prayed and paced the floors
And knew the only peace I'd find is if this child was yours.
(Chorus)
Now I know that you don't have to do this,
But could you kiss him once for me
The first time that he ties his shoes, or falls and skins his knee?
And could you hold him twice as long when he makes his mistakes,
And tell him that he's not alone, sometimes that's all it takes.
I know how much he'll ache.
This may not be the answer for another girl like me;
But I'm not on a soapbox saying how we all should be.
I'm just trusting in my feelings and I'm trusting God above,
And I'm trusting you can give this baby
Both his mothers' love.
(Chorus)
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I Wish
JO DEE MESSINA
(Tommy Lee James/Ed Hill)
It's not easy saying this to you
It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do
But boy before you go
I want you to know
I wish you strength
When times are hard
Oh I wish with all my heart you find what
you're looking for
I wish you joy
I wish you peace
And that every star you see's within your reach
And I wish you still loved me
I wish that things were different you know that
But still I'm happy for the time we had
You mean the world to me
Baby please believe
I wish you strength
When times are hard
Oh I wish with all my heart you find what
you're looking for
I wish you joy
I wish you peace
And that every star you see's within your reach
And I wish you still loved me
Losing you is tearing me apart
But a part of me will be with you no matter where you are
I wish you strength
When times are hard
Oh I wish with all my heart you find what
you're looking for
I wish you joy
I wish you peace
And that every star you see's within your reach
And I wish you still loved me
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The Promise
Tracy Chapman
If you wait for me then I'll come for you
Although I've traveled far
I always hold a place for you in my heart
If you think of me, If you miss me once in awhile
Then I'll return to you
I'll return and fill that space in your heart
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting
If you dream of me like I dream of you
In a place that's warm and dark
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting
I've longed for you and I have desired
To see your face your smile
To be with you wherever you are
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
If you'll be waiting
I've longed for you and I have desired
To see your face, your smile
To be with you wherever you are
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way back to you
Please say you'll be waiting
Together again
It would feel so good to be
In your arms
Where all my journeys end
If you can make a promise If it's one that you can keep, I vow to come for you
If you wait for me and say you'll hold
A place for me in your heart.
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One More Day
Diamond Rio
Last night I had a crazy dream.
A wish was granted just for me, it could be for anything.
I didn't ask for money, or a mansion in Malibu.
I simply wished, for one more day with you.
One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.
One more day.
First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl.
I'd unplug the telephone, keep the TV off.
I'd hold you every second, say a million I love you's;
That's what I'd do, with one more day with you.
One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you.
One more day, one more time.
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied.
But then again, I know what it would do.
Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
Leave me wishing still, for one more day.....
With you.
One more day. (One more day.)
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(From the Prince of Egypt Soundtrack - Nashville Edition)
I Give You to His Heart
Alison Krause
The wind is blowing down the quiet river,
a shining road that carries you alone.
Baby boy my love will last forever.
If you're to live, I must give you up to God.
I know our God will guide, protect and keep you.
Teach you faith and hold you by the heart.
Though your mother's heart is broken by your leaving,
her Father knows just who he is and who you are.
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way,
with Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay.
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part.
You must live.
So I give you to his heart.
The wind is blowing down the silent river,
a shining road that leaves me all alone.
A life for you's worth losing you forever.
Some day we'll stand in God's fair land, forever home.
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way,
with Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay.
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part.
You must live.
So I give you to his heart.
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way,
with Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay.
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part.
You must live.
So I give you to his heart.
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(From an adoptive mom's point of view.)
The Gift We Could Not Give Each Other
Words and Music by Michael Mclean
When she was a little girl
she held her dolls like children.
Dreaming of the day when she'd
have babies of her own.
Now those dolls lie on a shelf
as lifeless as the dreams she dreamed.
It's become the deepest ache
her heart has ever known.
There's a man who's trying his best
to comfort her with roses.
Telling her he'll find a way
to make their dreams come true.
He's been saying this for years,
but now his tears reveal the truth.
In his heart he fears
there's nothing else that they can do.
Then a gift is given,
a phone call straight from heaven.
There's a child that's nearly due
that a young girl's giving you.
She gave more than just one life
when she makes of this man and wife
a father and a mother.
She gives the gift they could not give each other.
More than we could ever know
this couple thanks the heavens.
Every time they hold their child,
they feel they hold the world.
Words will never be enough
to share the way the family feels.
From deep inside their hearts
they want to tell that girl:
Not a day is ever through
till we've thanked the Lord for you.
Your sweetness lingers near
in our hearts and thoughts and prayers.
You gave more than just one life
when you made of this man and wife,
a Father and a Mother.
When you gave the gift we could not give each other.
You have changed our lives forever.
Only you and God above
could give this gift of love
we could not give each other.
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He Would Be Sixteen
Michelle Wright
She gets in her car, October Friday night
Home from work down 31 past Franklin High
She can see the stadium lights
She can hear the band
A thousand crazy high school kids screamin in the stands
Quarterback and homecoming queen
Love to young to know what it means
She goes back in time in her mind
It’s like a dream
He would be sixteen
The son she never knew
It hurt so much to give him up
But what else could she do
He would be sixteen
A child should have a home
She knows her folks were right
She never heard the couple’s names
Just that they were nice
She wonders if he’s taller than his father was
Does he drive a car by now?
Has he been in love?
She shakes back to reality
She knows things turn out the way they should be
But she just cant help but ask herself
Does he know about me
He would be sixteen
The son she never knew
It hurt so much to give him up
But what else could she do
She never even got to hold him
And nights like this it hurts to miss the son she’s never seen
He would be sixteen
He would be sixteen
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1000 Oceans
Tori Amos
These tears I've cried
I've cried 1000 oceans
And if it seems
I'm floating in the darkness
Well, I can't believe that I would keep
Keep you from flying
And I would cry 1000 more
If that's what it takes
To sail you home
Sail you home
Sail you home
I'm aware what the rules are
But you know that I will run
You know that I will follow you
Over silbury hill
Through the solar field
You know that I will follow you
And if I find you
Will you still remeber
Playing at trains
Or does this litte blue ball
Just fade away
Over silbury hill
Through the solar field
You know that I will follow you
I'm aware what the rules are
But you know that I will run
You know that I will follow you
These tears I've cried
I've cried 1000 oceans
And if it seems
I'm floating in the darkness
Well I can't believe that I would keep
Keep you from flying
So I will cry 1000 more
If that's what it takes
To sail you home
Sail you home
Sail you home
Sail
Sail you home
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Do What You Have to Do
Sarah Maclachlan
What ravages of spirit
conjured this temptuous rage,
created you a monster,
broken by the rule of love?
And fate has led you through it.
You do what you have to do.
And fate has led you through it.
You do what you have to do.
And I have the sense to recognize
that I don't know how to let you go.
Every moment marked
with apparitions of your soul.
I'm ever swiftly moving,
trying to escape this desire,
the yearning to be near you.
I do what I have to do.
The yearning to be near you.
I do what I have to do.
And I have the sense to recognize
that I don't know how to let you go.
I don't know how to let you go.
A glowing ember, burning hot,
And burning slow.
Deep within, I'm shaken by the violence
of existing for only you.
I know I can't be with you.
I do what I have to do.
I know I can't be with you.
I do what I have to do.
And I have the sense to recognize
But I don't know how to let you go.
I don't know how to let you go.
I don't know how to let you go.
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I Will Remember You
Sarah Maclachlan
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Remember all the good times that we had
Let them slip away from us when things got bad
Clearly I first saw you, smiling in the sun
I want to feel your warmth upon me, I want to be the one
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so tired,I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, we can't be heard
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
Gave me everything he had, oh he gave me light
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories
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Whenever You Call
Mariah Carey
Love wandered inside
Stronger than you
Stronger than I
And now that it has begun
We cannot turn back
We can only turn into one
I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
And I'm truly inspired
Finding my soul
There in your eyes
And you
Have opened my heart
And lifted me inside
By showing me yourself
Undisguised
And I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remember
That part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
And I will breathe for you each day
Comfort you through all the pain
Gently kiss you fears away
You can turn to me and cry
Always understand that I
Give you all I am inside
And I won't ever be too far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
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I Hope You Dance
Leanne Womack
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
GOD forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance
I hope you dance.
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance,
Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin',
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin',
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider,
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance
I hope you dance.
I hope you dance
I hope you dance.
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
Dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
I hope you dance....I hope you dance.
{Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.
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You'll Be in My Heart
Phil Collins
Come stop your crying
It will be all right
Just take my hand
Hold it tight
I will protect you
from all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry
For one so small,
you seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
can't be broken
I will be here
don't you cry
'cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart
No matter waht they say
You'll be here in my heart, ALWAYS
Why can't they understand
the way we feel
They just don't trust
what they can't explain
I know we're different but,
deep inside us
we're not that different at all
And you'll be in my heart
Yes you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know
We need eachother
to have and to hold
They'll see in time, I know
When destiny calls you
You must be strong
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together
"Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Oh, You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart, ALWAYS
ALWAYS
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Never Had A Dream Come True
S Club 7
Everybody's got something
they had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday
that just seems to grow with time.
There's no use looking back or
wondering how it could be now
or might have been.
All this I know,
but I can't find ways to let you go.
I never had a dream come true
till the day I found you.
Even though I pretend that I've moved on,
you'll always be my baby.
I never found the words to say
you're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter
where live takes me to,
a part of me will always be with you.
Somewhere in my memory,
I've lost all sense of time.
And tomorrow can never be
cause yesterday is all that fills my mins.
I never had a dream come true
till the day I found you.
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
you'll always be my baby.
I never found the words to say
you're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where live takes me to
a part of me will always be with you.
You'll always be the dream
that fills my head.
You'll always be the one
I know I'll never forget.
It's no use looking back or wondering
because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how I try and trym
I just can't say good-bye.
I never had a dream come true
till the day I found you.
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
you'll always be my baby.
I never found the words to say
you're the one I think about each day.
And I know no matter
where live takes me to
a part of me will always be with you.
A part of me will always be with you.
Sung by "S Club 7"
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I Will Always Love You
Written by Dolly Parton
Sung by Whitney Houston
If i should stay
I would only be in your way
So i'll go, but i know
I'll think of you every step of the way
Chorus:
And i will always love you
I,will always love you
You, my darling you, you
Bitter sweet memories
That is all i'm taking with me
So goodbye, please don't cry
We both know i'm not what you need
Chorus
I hope life treats you kind
And i hope you have all you dreamed off
And i wish to you joy and happiness
But above all this i wish to you love
Chorus
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Missing You
Amy Grant
Your smile lights up a room
Like a candle in the dark
It warms me through and through
And I guess that I had dreamed
We would never be apart
But that dream did not come true
Chorus:
Missing you is just a part of life
Missing you feels like a way of life
I'm living out the life that I've been given
But baby, I still wish you were mine
And I cannot hear the telephone
Jangle on the wall
And not feel a hopeful thrill
And I cannot help but smile
At any news of you at all
And I guess I always will
Chorus:
Missing you is just a part of life
Missing you feels like a way of life
I'm living out the life that I've been given
But baby, I still wish you were mine
I'm livin' out the life that I've been given
But baby, I still wish that you were mine
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Lullaby in Blue
Bette Midler
I know that I'm no saint.
My head is in the clouds.
They called you a mistake,
but I still, I still say your name out loud.
They called me a stupid girl,
just like my mom.
Too many men passed through my arms.
At seventeen I looked into your eyes,
knew I could never comfort your cries.
Every April still reminds me of you.
The child I never knew.
My lullaby in blue.
It all goes by so fast.
How lovely you must be.
Why you've reached the age at last
that I was when your daddy lived with me.
How I wish we could meet somewhere,
talk it through.
There is so much I would say to you.
There are others, I'm not alone.
A younger brother you've never known,
and a baby girl who so reminds me of you.
The child I never knew.
My lullaby in blue.
As the years go by,
try not to think of us sadly.
Believe it if you can,
I wanna see you so badly.
On your birthday, Mama's thinking of you.
The child I never knew.
My lullaby in blue.
My lullaby in blue.
My lullaby . . .
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Avery
Train
She holds his clothes in the dark
Rocking them she whispers
Her hand falls slowly from her neck
to her left a streetlight dances gently through a window
it hurts to say his name
She swears she can hear him calling her, hey Avery
There between her craving and imagination
it falls into the night
The air is still and he's still calling her, hey Avery
Is there room enough for me, its been so long
Is there something you should say to me, Avery?
Pity drives him down, his candle burning out
She thought it was the answer
Her pity drives her down, her years are burning out
She thought it was the answer
Her cross still hanging in the corner
She's afraid to take it down
It reminds her she's gotta start life over
Hey Avery, Is there room enough for me, its been so long
Is there something you should say to me, Avery?
Pity drives him down, his candle burning out
She thought it was the answer
Her pity drives her down, her years are burning out
She's dying from the answer
She wears his picture on a chain
She prays that the pain won't last forever
and I know that she's still praying
That the pain won't last forever
There between her craving and imagination
it falls into the night
The air is still and he's still calling her, hey Avery
Why wasn't there room enough for me?
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The Distance
Evan & Jaron
The sky has lost it's color
The sun has turned to grey
At least that's how it feels to me
Whenever you're away
I crawl up in the corner
As I watch the minutes pass
Each one brings me closer to
The time when you'll be back
You're coming back
I can't take the distance
I can't take the miles
I can't take the time
Until the next time I see you smile
I can't take the distance
And I'm not ashamed
That I can't take a breath without saying your name
I can brave a hurricane
And still be standing tall when all the dust has settled down
But I can't take the distance
I still believe in feelings
But sometimes I feel too much
I make believe you're close to me
But it ain't close enough
Not nearly close enough
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Little Green
Joni Mitchell
Born with the moon in cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who’ve made her
Little green, be a gypsy dancer
He went to california
Hearing that everything’s warmer there
So you write him a letter and say, her eyes are blue.
He sends you a poem and she’s lost to you
Little green, he’s a non-conformer
Ch0rus:
Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There’ll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the northern lights perform
There’ll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there’ll be sorrow
Child with a child pretending
Weary of lies you are sending home
So you sign all the papers in the family name
You’re sad and you’re sorry, but you’re not ashamed
Little green, have a happy ending
Chorus:
Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There’ll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the northern lights perform
There’ll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there’ll be sorrow
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1000 Miles
Vanessa Carlton
Makin' my way downtown,
Walkin' fast,
Faces pass and I'm homebound.
Starin' blankly ahead,
Just makin' my way,
Makin' a way through the crowd.
And I need you,
And I miss you,
And now I wonder...
If I could fall into the sky,
Do you think time
would pass me by?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
Tonight.
It's always times like these
When I think of you,
And wonder if you ever think of me.
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong.
Livin' in your precious memory.
'Cause I need you,
And I miss you,
And now I wonder...
If I could fall into the sky,
Do you think time
would pass me by?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
Tonight.
I, I, don't wanna let you know
I, I, drown in your memory.
I, I, don't wanna let this go.
I, I, don't.
Makin' my way downtown,
Walkin' fast,
Faces pass and I'm homebound.
Starin' blankly ahead,
Just makin' my way,
Makin' a way through the crowd.
And I still need you,
And I still miss you,
And now I wonder...
If I could fall into the sky,
Do you think time
Would pass.. us by?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...
oh oh
If I could fall into the sky,
Do you think time would pass me by?
'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you.
If I could just hold you....
Tonight.
