brenda

Brenda, I look back and I finally see

The heavy burdens that you carried for me

Those long working hours, the shifts in the dark

You gave me and my sister every piece of your heart

You did it alone, yeah, you held up the roof

You never had help, and we are the proof

But so many times all your effort went unseen

You were the quietest strength there has ever been

Oh, I see the sacrifices now

I know you raised us, though I didn't know how

Single-handed, you gave us your best

Hardly ever taking a second to rest

If I forgot to say it, let me say it today

I appreciate you, Mom, in every single way

I still smile thinking 'bout that summer heat

When you needed a second to put up your feet

Pregnant with my sister, belly growing round

You took a little shovel to the dirt and the ground

Dug a perfect hole just to lay in the sun

Making it work when the morning was done

A beautiful mother, just soaking the rays

Finding your peace in the hardest of days

Oh, I see the sacrifices now

I know you raised us, though I didn't know how

Single-handed, you gave us your best

Hardly ever taking a second to rest

If I forgot to say it, let me say it today

I appreciate you, Mom, in every single way

I'm sorry for the times that I didn't say thanks

When you were running empty, pouring into our tanks

You were the hero that nobody praised

But I'm looking right at you, and I am amazed

I remember the nights you were tired to the bone

Brenda, I know that you did it alone

Oh, I see the sacrifices now

I know you raised us, though I didn't know how

Single-handed, you gave us your best

Hardly ever taking a second to rest

If I forgot to say it, let me say it today

I appreciate you, Mom, in every single way

Yeah, I appreciate you, Mom, in every single way