(Verse 1)
Kim with that auburn hair, hazel green eyes that glow,
An amazing smile that warms the cold, the daughter I watched grow.
Smart and bubbly, heart of gold, she never quits the climb,
Always been my steady rock, my reason to keep time.
She made me a mommy, my baby girl, dancing on our porch at dusk,
A lullaby and skinned-knee laugh, small hands held in trust.
(Chorus)
They're my three reasons for living, I carry them in my chest,
Kim's laugh, Nicole's heaven, Melissa's steady rest.
From a pickup under starlight to the light on our back track,
"Thank you for letting me be your mommy,"
"I'll always be by your side,"
And I'll love you to the moon and back.
(Verse 2)
Nicole, my second, eighteen months younger than Kim,
Baby blue eyes, dirty-blonde curls, forever eighteen in Him.
Gone too soon, I wish for one more day to hold you close and say,
Your tiny laugh, that midnight cry, your angel smile that stayed.
I see your footprints in the gravel, a small hand reaching for the dawn,
Forever young in heaven's light, where your favorite song lives on.
(Chorus)
They're my three reasons for living, I carry them in my chest,
Kim's laugh, Nicole's heaven, Melissa's steady rest.
From a porch light left burning to wildflowers on a track,
"Thank you for letting me be your mommy,"
"I'll always be by your side,"
And I'll love you to the moon and back.
(Verse 3)
Melissa, my youngest star, five years down the line,
Baby blue eyes, dirty-blonde hair, that fierce and faithful shine.
Strong-willed, loyal, restorer of hope when nights felt cold and long,
My angel face, my main accomplishment, the center of my song.
We share coffee on the kitchen step, we patch the world with jokes and plans,
She holds my hand when storms roll in, steady as a southern land.
(Bridge)
Remember the lullaby on the radio, the whispers by the light,
The scraped knees at the fair, the secret midnight drives, the prayer before goodnight.
We learned to love each other through the quiet and the loud,
Through every fall and every rise, beneath a sky of hometown clouds.
(Chorus - Variation)
They're my three reasons for living, names written on my heart,
Kim's fierce love, Nicole's quiet light, Melissa's brave restart.
From the gravel of our driveway to the wide and open track,
"Thank you for letting me be your mommy,"
"I'll always be by your side,"
And I'll love you to the moon and back.
(Outro)
No matter when it is my time to go, remember what I say:
I will always and forever be proud of you, come what may.
Love always, forever and a day — Mom, beneath the porch light's glow,
My daughters, my reasons, my everything, wherever you may go.
