Story Behind The Song

Inspired by my own relationship with my daughter

Song Description

Duet between mother and daughter about their relationship over time

Lyrics

(m)other / (d)aughter duet

(m) I remember the tangles in wet finger curls,
Teary smiles when it was over from my little girl.
(d) For a few short years, it was a perfect world.
(m) No doubt the love I was passing on.

Hand down the pages of photograph memories.
Laugh as we pass them around.
Remember the birthrights of love and compassion
When passing out your Hand Me Downs.

(d) Then the years came and went like the men in our lives.
There was wrong done in battle and the choosing of sides.
(m) In the tarnished mirror, I saw the same stakes and knives,
Afraid the pain I was passing on.

Hand down the courage to face imperfections
As humanly they make their rounds.
Tender and gentle repair for the damage
Will add to your best Hand Me Downs.

(m) All I ever wanted was to see you happy,
To feel I succeeded in the role that I play.
(d) All I ever wanted was to see you happy
So you could show me the way.

(d) Now I'm older, I find my views different from yours
But my blood holds your beauty and your strength as it pours.
(m) Keep forever the joys and transcend the wars,
A legacy after I've passed on.

Hand down the virtue of love's perseverance,
Mothers and daughters abound.
Let go the fear that there'll be no forgiveness
For inheriting your Hand Me Downs.
For inheriting your Hand Me Downs.