I tweaked the words to "Suddenly" from Les Misérables for my son's birthday today. If you're not familiar, here is Hugh Jackman singing the original lyrics from the 2012 film adaptation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dunmi9lvOc
Suddenly a year
I can still recall the start
When your parents anxious hearts beat as one
Just last year we were alone
And now we are a family
Something truly dear
Somehow for a year
It has been fun
Suddenly this house
Became quite baby safe
Somehow you could crawl, very fast
How was I to know what kind of love could be inside me?
Now a year has gone
Now we journey on through your life
How was I to know how fast that you would grow, has been a blast
Trusting me to catch you
I’m afraid of falling too
Just a child, who does not know the dangers/how pandemics grow
There are masks on every where
A carefree world, we cannot share
Never quite alone
Always in my heart
You have changed my life, little son
You have brought the gift of joy
And love so long desired
Suddenly, it’s me
Who is called mommy
Somehow, suddenly
You are one!
I have developed a whole list of Broadway songs about parent love and I am slowly working my way through lyric re-writes :)
