Still Here

Verse 1
There were days I couldn't find my way,
Days I couldn't see tomorrow,
And somewhere in the middle of my mistakes,
I became a stranger to my daughter.
They said I wasn't ready,
They said I needed time,
But nobody could take the love
That was already mine.

Pre-Chorus
And I know I've made mistakes,
I won't pretend I haven't.
But being broken for a moment
Doesn't mean I stopped loving.

Chorus
Baby girl, I'm still your mama,
Even when I'm not beside your bed.
Even when somebody else
Is the one who's holding your hand instead.
I hope someday you'll understand
I never walked away from you.
I was fighting battles no child should see,
Trying to find my way back through.
And if the world tells you a different story,
There's one thing I hope you know—
No distance, no courtroom, no broken road
Could ever make me let you go.

Verse 2 — To Her Father
And to your daddy, I don't want a war,
I don't want another battle to fight.
I just want you to see I'm trying
To make things better this time.
You may remember all my failures,
I remember them too,
But I hope you'll leave a little room
For the woman I'm becoming too.

I don't need you to forget the past,
I don't need you to call me right.
I just need you to understand
I'm trying to make things right.
Because she's more than something
For us to fight about—
She's a little girl who needs to know
Her parents never stopped caring about her.

Chorus
Baby girl, I'm still your mama,
Even when I'm not beside your bed.
Even when somebody else
Is the one who's holding your hand instead.
I hope someday you'll understand
I never walked away from you.
I was fighting battles no child should see,
Trying to find my way back through.
And if the world tells you a different story,
There's one thing I hope you know—
No distance, no courtroom, no broken road
Could ever make me let you go.

Bridge
Maybe one day we'll sit together
And talk about these years,
And I'll tell you I was scared sometimes,
And I cried a lot of tears.
But I'll never make you choose a side,
I'll never ask you to.
You're allowed to love your daddy,
And you're allowed to love me too.

And if I have to rebuild everything
One brick at a time,
I'll keep showing up,
I'll keep doing right.
Not just with words,
But with my life.

Final Chorus
Baby girl, I'm still your mama,
And I'm coming home to you.
Not with promises I can't keep,
But with everything I can prove.
I can't rewrite what happened,
I can't erase the pain,
But I can spend the rest of my life
Showing you I've changed.

And to your daddy, if you hear this,
I hope you hear my heart—
I'm not asking for a perfect past,
I'm asking for a brand-new start.
Because she deserves a family
That puts her heart above the fight.
And I'll keep choosing her with love
For the rest of my life.

Outro
So if you ever wonder where I was,
Or why I couldn't stay—
Look for me in every step I took
To find a better way.

I'm still your mama.
I'm still here.
And I love you more
Than these years could ever disappear.

Sad, Inspirational, Motivational, Piano