Just to be close to you Mother
Just for a moment, well just for an hour Just to be close to you Mother |
You know I’ve been thru so many changes in my life Mother (O the vicissitudes of life!) Ah I’ve been up real high where I thought I didn’t need anybody Ah and then again I’ve been down real low where There was no one in my life who needed me Ah and I found that material things I thought had so much value O Mother didn’t really have any value at all(Mother Mary you are also the Mother of knowledge, for it is with you that we learn the most important lesson of all, that nothing is worthwhile if we are not close to Our Lord. All the wonders of this earth, the fulfillment of our every ambition, all this is worthless unless the living flame of love burns within us, unless there is the light of holy hope giving us a foretaste of never-ending love in our true homeland in heaven)[1] (Friends of God, 278) |
There was a lonely man A man with no direction, with no purpose With no one to love and no one to love me for, for me O Mother then you, then you came into my life You made my jagged edges smooth You made my direction so clear and you O Mother You became my purpose my reason for livin’ Mother |
You see you’re my heart, you’re soul You’re my strong inspiration Mother oh that’s why I’m standin’ here singin’ And opening my arms to you I wanna say that with your Son why don’t you Take my hand and we’ll live in love forever Yeah take my hand ooh, we’ll be in the LORD you and me yeah |
Take my hand Mother We’ll live our lives together yeah together Together yeah together Just to be close to you Mother Just for the moment Mother, just for an hour Just to be close to you Mother, hey, ooh |
I’ve been out there searchin’ so very long Mother Searchin’ to find somebody just like you And for some folks it takes a lifetime Fair Love/Sweet Virgin Mary To find in this world a dream come true Why don’t you take my hand Oh, we’ll live in love forever yeah Take my hand Mother, we’ll be in the LORD you and me Take my hand we’ll spend our lives together, Together, together, together Just to be close to you Mother Just for the moment just for the hour Just to be close to you Mother I need you Mother |
To find love to be loved by you Mother To have your mantle over me To whisper words that make you feel proud to be my Mother (And you whisper back: ‘I am the Mother of Fair Love, of fear, of knowledge and holy hope. Come to me, you who desire me, and eat your fill of my produce. For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey and my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb.’ – Sir 24:19-20, quoted in In CONVERSATION with God, Francis Fernandez 2/94.3) Mother I know our love will stand the test of time Just to be close to you Mother |
For ever Mother, for ever Mother For ever Mother For the Fair Love, Fair Love, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, My heart is still burnin’ Mother Ya got me yearnin’ for your Son’s Love Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
[1] Cf. St. Josemaría, Friends of God 278