To Waltz With My Mother Again - Derek Ryan

In a little dancehall, only seven years tall

I’d wait to watch my daddy play

On holidays from school, thinking I was so cool

To be up, staying out late

With my fears, he drank, I’d sit and I’d sing

Every song, every word

Till mammy would ask me out for a dance

Oh, how in love was my world

Lord, once more, give us an encore

To feel the way I felt back then

'Cause I’d give everything for my daddy to sing

So I could waltz with my mother again

That was the start of songs in my heart

As sweet harmony filled our home

Given only the best till we flew the nest

To go build a world of our own

Then one Summer day, God called her away

To watch over us from above

Now every night, under the spotlight

I feel the strength of her love

Oh Lord, once more, give us an encore

Just like it was way back then

'Cause I’d give everything for my daddy to sing

So I could waltz with my mother again

Lord, once more, give us an encore

To feel the way I felt back then

'Cause I’d give everything for my daddy to sing

So I could waltz with my mother again

One day, with God’s grace, I feel her embrace

And I waltz with my mother again