If I was your mother 
Would you let me hold your hand 
Would you say you were my baby 
Would you always be my friend 

If I was your mother 
Could I teach you what`s right 
Could I tell you stories 
Maybe tuck you in 
And kiss you sweet goodnight 

Tell me what I got to do 
To make my life mean more to you 
I could get so close it`s true 
If I was your mother 

Would you always believe me 
`Cause I`d wake up in the middle 
Of the night 
Just to see if you need me 

Tell me there`s no mother 
To who you`re telling your secrets 
And would you tell me 
`Bout all the boys you been 
Bringing home to meet me 

Tell me what I got to do 
To make my life mean more to you 
I could get so close it`s true 
If I was yours 

Mother, mother 
If I was your 
Mother, mother 

When love is blood 
You`re never on trial 
Love don`t get deeper 
Than a mother & child 
Oh baby, I got to get that 
Close to you 

Tell me what I got to do 
To make my life mean more to you 
I could get so close it`s true 
If I was yours 

Tell me what I got to be 
To make you a part of me 
There`s no one else you`d ever need 
If I was your 

Mother, mother 
If I was your mother 
Mother, mother 

Mother, mother 
If I was your mother 
Mother, mother