| I hope you understand
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| What fear is before you have to feel it I hope my neurosis don’t rub off on you
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| I hope you always have enough to eat
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| I hope you’re never bullied
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| And I hope you never bully others
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| I hope you find love
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| I hope you don’t die before your time
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| I hope you don’t blame yourself
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| For things that are not your fault
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| I hope you’re always playing your tape
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| And I hope you’ll visit me when I’m old
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| I hope you are true to yourself
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| I hope that rejection doesn’t stop you loving
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| I hope you never experience war
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| What are you come to teach me?
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| Well, would you want 'Philosophy'
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| Or 'The New Wayne Rooney'?
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| Will it be poetry that lights your eyes?
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| Mine are shining and my tears flow free
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| Oh my son, what have I done?
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| Brought perfection to this world
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| Of confusion heedlessly
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| Now you’re the one feeding me Because I never knew love like this
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| Endlessly reaching back through eternity
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| That I can clearly see in your face
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| When you smile at me and grab my finger
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| I hope you outlive your parents
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| I hope you never bury your children
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| I hope you outlive your parents
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| I hope you never bury your children
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| I don’t mind whether you’re a boy or a girl
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| I just want you to be healthy
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| I hope we enjoy every minute of you growing up I hope you lead your world to victory |