To Be As Big

As Mamma

There was only one reason when I was so small

Only one reason to ever get tall

Not for money, a house, not even a car

I just wanted to be as big as Mamma

 

There was only one goal to escape from Mum

To get to two numbers wouldn't that be fun

To go on holiday by the sand and the sea

Knowing it was just Granddad, Mamma and me

 

When a sweet tooth would suddenly shout

Just look in Mamma's cupboard without a doubt

And if I'd pop in for cuppa, I'd always get told

You can't have coffee until you're eighteen years old

 

Here at Stewart's Cafe there's breakfast for all

We'll tell you the secret to getting yorkshire puddings so tall

It's a fun little trick that works on camel eggs

Its to dance and sing and jigg on both legs

 

I'd always wake up for the bestest ever toast

And nothing compares to Mamma's sunday roast

And family celebrations always go with a bang

Because everyone wants to be in Mamma's gang

 

Now I am grown some targets are met

Life has direction new goals are set

I still burst through the door in child like ways

To hear your words "Just gorgeous as always"

 

I know you are dancing all day long

and probably basking in the Benidorm sun

And In my heart you'll shine like a star

Because no one will ever be as big as Mamma

 

First Published on this site in February 2010 © Erin Cawood