Story Behind The Song

I never wanted to search for my birth family, until our 14-year-old son was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition. We were racing against time to obtain medical information. Sealed records in New Jersey made it almost impossible to get infor

Song Description

I wanted to write a song about the "secrecy" surrounding adoption and the shame a birthmother sometimes feels when she relinquishes a child. Often she doesn't want to be "found" again. I hope this song helps to free every birthmother from that shame. I a

Lyrics

Your Secret?s Safe With Me

They tried to build a wall around you
They nearly killed our history
?Told me they?d mourn the day I found you
And feared the day that you?d find me
They stole my name
And kept it locked away
Like a shameful memory
But don?t be afraid
Your Secret?s safe with me

?Couldn?t be with you in that frozen room
But I was there, safe in your heart
How could the woman who gave life to you
Force us to live whole worlds apart?
I would have stopped those men
Who made you hold that pen
And told you, ?Sign, and you?ll be free.?
Well, I?m not like them
Your Secret?s safe with me

Bridge:

I?d give away
A thousand days
For a chance to spend an hour with you
To finally hold your hand
To try to understand
How it feels there in your shoes
We don?t have to talk about the past
Today is all I see
But I?ll walk away
Like you did That Day
If that?s what you say you need

You weren?t there to brush my hair
Or hear me sing my ABC?s
Another Mother with an angel?s care
Put the Band-Aids on my knees
Still, there were some nights
I prayed with all my might
That you?d come back for me
Ever Since you said, ?Goodbye,?
Your Secret?s been safe with me

Bridge:

?Don?t want to shake
The new life you?ve made
But there?re some things I need to know
Let?s pretend
We do it over again
Do you stay or will you go?
Do I look just like my father?
Were his eyes blue like mine, or green?
Did he walk away
From both of us that day
Like in a tragic movie scene?

There are people who tell me to forget you
?Say I should let well enough be
They try to fill my soul with gratitude
But it falls through the hole in me
But they?ll never have to search the entire earth
To find their puzzle?s missing piece
Or need to pay
For a mistake they never made
And keep your Secret safe, like me

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
Janet Gagner	My Top Songs	11/9/2008