This Lyric is: #194

HELLO MOM IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU
(c) (p) Joe Piasecki 2002 BMI

I was nervous as I walked up to the door
my heart was beating as hard as a rock
I had never met you before
so I took a deep breath and I knocked.
You looked at me and said, “Hello
how can I help you today”.
It must have sounded funny, yes I know
but this is what I had to say.

(chorus)
Hello Mom it’s nice to meet you.
You look just like me.
It took a long time to find you
through that agency.
Hello Mom it’s nice to meet you.
What is my history.
Who am I and where do I come from
can we trace my family tree?

I stood there and waited for you to react.
I was looking right into your eyes.
You let out a gasp,took a couple steps back and then you began to cry.
You said, “Come on in and pull up a chair. I’ve thought about you everyday
and every night I would say a prayer
that someday you would find me and say”.

repeat chorus

(bridge)(spoken)
She told me that my father had been killed in the war while she was still
expecting. She was 17 and those were different times. She didn’t want me to
be neglected. I told her my story of how I grew up and showed her pictures
of my family. She said she knew she had done the right thing. She always wanted
the best for me. She always wanted the best for me.

It was getting late, time for me to go
all of our talking was through.
She said,“ There’s one thing I want you to know.
I have always loved you”.
I call her up every now and then
and we get together sometimes.
I’m grateful that we can still be friends and leave all that past behind.

repeat chorus

[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-01-2002).]