Never Got to Bring You Home

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[Verse 1]
I built your crib with my two hands,
Painted it white, just like we planned.
But that room stayed quiet, cold and still,
The silence there, it cuts and kills.

[Chorus]
I never got to bring you home,
Never heard your little voice call me alone.
No lullabies, no midnight cries,
But I’ll be with you soon, by and by.

[Verse 2]
Your mama wept, her hands shook hard,
Held your blanket in the backyard.
I dug the dirt, I cursed the sky,
Why’d you leave before you tried?

[Prechorus]
I see your face in every dawn,
Feel your heartbeat though you're gone.

[Chorus]
I never got to bring you home,
Never walked you down an aisle of stone.
No father’s dance, no babies to hold,
But I’ll be with you soon, when I’m old.

[Bridge]
They say the Lord has reasons,
But none of them feel right.
I sit and stare at the stars, child,
And talk to you each night.