Daniel Mateo

Words and Music © 1997 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. You don’t have to be beautiful, but you will be.

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You don’t have to be clever; you’ll outsmart me.

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Daniel Mateo, whatever, whoever you are,

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the three of us join now to travel upon the same star.

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Chorus: Our child will be our breath of the holy wind,

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the wings of our life flying beside us sometimes.

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Our child, you’ll be the heart’s core where the stars begin

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You’ll be God’s and your own, but you’ll always be Mommy’s and mine.

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2. Someday I will sing you this song, and it will bore you.

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“Come on, lighten up, Dad. Get a life, too.

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But sometimes you have to stir up the mystery to uncover more clues.

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and our lives all will change now, in directions that the others will choose.

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Chorus: Our child will be our breath of the holy wind,

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the wings of our life flying beside us sometimes.

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Our child, you’ll be the heart’s core where the stars begin

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You’ll be God’s and your own, but you’ll always be Mommy’s and mine.