Tamara

When the cruel words echoed and the bullies came around

You were the safe place where I could finally be found

You looked at my special needs and didn't blink an eye

You just saw my heart and you let my spirit fly

When everyone else was quick to walk away

You stood right beside me and you chose to stay

Tamara, if you ever feel you don't belong

If you ever doubt your place inside this song

Remember you are everything to David and the kids

And you mean the world to me for everything you did

You matter in the shadows, you matter in the light

You matter to me, Tamara, you made my life alright

Four New Kids on the Block shows, singing every word

Making sure the music was always being heard

Once we stood in person, screaming at the stage

Letting go of worries, acting half our age

Then three times through a cell phone, held up in the air

Sharing every chorus just to know that we were there

Tamara, if you ever feel you don't belong

If you ever doubt your place inside this song

Remember you are everything to David and the kids

And you mean the world to me for everything you did

You matter in the shadows, you matter in the light

You matter to me, Tamara, you made my life alright

You accepted all of me when others were so blind

A truer friend than you would be impossible to find

So if the heavy days ever make you feel too small

I'll remind you how you caught me, how you stood up tall

Tamara, if you ever feel you don't belong

If you ever doubt your place inside this song

Remember you are everything to David and the kids

And you mean the world to me for everything you did

You matter in the shadows, you matter in the light

You matter to me, Tamara, you made my life alright

Yeah, you matter to me, Tamara, you made my life alright