This Lyric is: #078

SUNSHINE AT DAWN
By Silvana Doty Amero
Copyright June 1977

1). I hear her stirring in the nursery
So I raise my sleepy head
And lest she disturb her Daddy
I tiptoe softly to her bed
The sun has just begun to rise
But I'll tarry for awhile
For the rays of sun that touch my heart
The sunshine of her smile

Chorus 1: And I'm proud to be her Mommy
To be the only one to see
The first thing every morning
The smile meant just for me
And there before thebreak of day
I hum a happy song
And I rock my baby in my arms
My sunshine at dawn

2). Each time I tuck her in at night
And kiss her downy hair
How I begrudge every moment
'Til I wake to find her there
How I dread those darkened hours
That we have to be apart
And I'm anxious for the rising of
The sunshine of my heart

Chous 1: And I'm proud to be her Mommy
To be the only one to see
The first thing every morning
The smile meant just for me
And there before the break of day
I hum a happy song
And I rock my baby in my arms
My sunshine at dawn

3). One night while I lay sleeping
From some suspended part of space
Time came and stole my child
And left a lady in her place
Yes before I had a chance to blink
My little girl had grown
And had left to seek her fortune
And some sunshine of her owwn

Chorus 2: But how could she leave her Mommy
To awaken so forlorn
For nature's son can't be as bright
As mine was every morn
But through life's cloudy moments
The memory lingers on
Of my baby's gift to me each day
My sunshine at dawn

Ending: Of my baby's gift to me each day
My sunshine at dawn.

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Silvana Doty Amero

[This message has been edited by Brian Austin Whitney (edited 08-31-2002).]

Silvana Doty Amero