Years in My Life

[Intro]

There was a little girl,
with a whole life yet to know
She couldn't see the road ahead,
or where the years would go

She learned about goodbye too soon,
she learned that life could change
But somewhere in her little heart,
a dream began to take its shape

[Verse 1]

Life didn't follow all the plans
I thought I would one day make
At sixteen, I became a mother,
and my dreams had to wait

The road was never easy,
there were nights I faced alone
But seven little hearts beside me
slowly made my house a home

Kate, Rhen, and Ken were there,
my anchors through the years
My strength, my little team,
through every smile and every tear

Then Carla, Nicole, Paola, Simon,
made our family grow
And though we didn't have much,
we had more love than we could know

[Pre-Chorus]

We stumbled, we kept going,
we learned to carry on
And somehow through the hardest days,
we found the strength to move along

[Chorus]

Years in my life,
and every year became a story
Through every tear, through every smile,
you were beside me all the while

Years in my life,
and now I finally see
The little girl who dreamed of love
became the woman she could be

And after all these years have passed,
I know I've built a love that lasts

[Verse 2]

The little hands I held so tight
grew stronger every day
The children that I raised with love
went on to find their way

They built their own families,
and gave me dreams anew
Five little grandchildren came,
and filled our hearts with joy

Kean, Nigel, Amber, Iya,
and Xander made us more
A family growing bigger,
than I ever dreamed before

And now we stand together,
supporting one another
What started with one little dream
became a love that covers us

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Now the days feel different,
there's laughter everywhere
A simple meal, a cup of coffee,
and stories that we share

We don't need much to make a memory,
we just need time together
Because the moments that we make today
are the ones we'll keep forever

[Chorus]

Years in my life,
and every year became a story
Through every tear, through every smile,
you were beside me all the while

Years in my life,
and now I finally see
The little girl who dreamed of love
became the woman she could be

And after all these years have passed,
I know I've built a love that lasts

[Bridge]

Now there are places left to see,
and roads we haven't known
New cities, new adventures,
new memories to call our own

We'll swim beneath the summer sun,
we'll find a place to eat
We'll chase a little coffee,
and sit and talk for hours

And after years of putting dreams
and everyone else before me
I finally have the time to say,
there's still so much ahead of me

[Final Chorus]

Years in my life,
look how far we've come together
From a little girl with dreams,
to a family standing stronger

Years in my life,
and every chapter brought me here
Through every joy, through every tear,
I found the love that carried me through all these years

Years in my life,
and now I understand
The little girl who dreamed of love
became the woman she had planned

And after all these years have passed,
I know I've built a love that lasts

[Outro]

Years in my life...
so many stories, so much love...
And there's still so much life ahead.