Song I Know Your Mom Raised You Better Than That

Music touches my soul. When I am non singing, dancing or playing an instrument, I am writing articles about the songs that I concord dear.

Making the decision to take a child is momentous. Information technology is to decide forever to have your middle go walking around outside your body.

— Elizabeth Stone

The emotional blitz that new parents experience when their baby is built-in is unlike whatever other. In my years as a parent, I have come up across very few musicians who can limited the profound thrill, awe, and level of responsibility that is inextricably woven into the part of parenting. The feelings of love towards your child are strong, and when the lyrics connect with you deep in your center, yous know that the creative person is in touch with these same feelings.

Although I volition most likely never meet the artists who wrote these lyrics, they have deeply touched my heart. Each vocal contains an essence that transcends words, notes, and rhythm; they touch a deeper place and tap into the love that exists outside of ourselves in the infinite betwixt us and our child. I wish the same connection for you with your children. It is never likewise late to make this connection.

Of grade, children love their parents likewise! The love between a parent and child is one of the most precious and pure connections, something that connects us across generations and ages.

Here is a compilation that I have nerveless that tin express the honey betwixt parents and children. I hope they touch on you as they take touched me.

Never Grow Upward—Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is an American vocaliser-songwriter who has won several awards (including a Grammy). When she was only 21 years onetime, she wrote this heart-piercing song.

In it, she follows the state music tradition of telling a story. In this case, information technology's most savoring the wonderful moments of parenthood, gently shifting from the parent's perspective to the viewpoint of a child who, like Peter Pan, wants to concur onto the joy of being a child and never grow up.

Lyrics to listen for:

To you everything'southward funny, you got null to regret
I'd give all I have, beloved
If you lot could stay like that

Sarah'southward Song—Sissell

Although this is one of the most powerful songs ever sung about maternity, information technology's really told from the vantage point of the babe. It doesn't get better than this! Sissel is a very popular Norwegian singer who credits Barbara Streisand as an inspiration.

Lyrics to listen for:

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When your fingers touch my skin
And y'all kiss my lips and tickle my chin
I breathe y'all in, oh Mama, I'one thousand where I belong

In My Daughter's Eyes—Martina McBride

Parents often speak of the lessons they learn from raising their children. Martina McBride, a mother of three daughters, sings well-nigh these priceless lessons the way only a mother could. Parenthood forces you to be more than than you ever dreamed you could be.

Lyrics to listen for:

I see who I wanna be
In my girl's eyes

Cat'south in the Cradle—Harry Chapin

This is a timeless classic, a heart-wrenching 1 written in 1974 by Harry Chapin about the opportunities that are lost when a parent can't make fourth dimension for their child. Information technology attempts to teach a fourth dimension-earned lesson sooner rather than later and is both a haunting and a cautionary tale.

Lyrics to listen for:

When you comin' home son
I don't know when, just nosotros'll get together then, Dad
We're gonna have a good time and then

Daughters—John Mayer

In 2005, singer-songwriter John Mayer won a Grammy for this song that talks almost the importance of practiced parenting in a girl'due south life. If a parent fails to treat his daughter well, it will touch her adult relationships with men. John Mayer has likewise stated in concerts that, in a wide sense, it'due south also about how someone's past affects whom they become.

Lyrics to heed for:

Fathers, be proficient to your daughters
Daughters volition beloved like you exercise
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
So mothers, be proficient to your daughters too

Butterfly Wing Away—Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus

It is rare to observe a duet between a father and girl, and this 1 touches on the difficulty of parenting and the rough road of single parenting. At the same time, it expresses the level of appreciation that children can have for good parents. It is a gentle tune that tells a heartfelt story.

Lyrics to listen for:

Daddy's little girl was hither at last
Looked away and back over again
Suddenly a year was ten
Don't know how it got and so far so fast

Greatest Discovery—Elton John

This one was equanimous and sung past Elton John for an album in 1970. The lyrics, written by Bernie Taupin, tell the story of a kid waking up one morning and discovering he has a new baby brother. Information technology captures the wonder and joy experienced in these moments.

Lyrics to listen for:

Tread neat then pocket-sized those little feet
Amid the morning time his modest heart beats

I'k Already There—Lonestar

Andrea Dresdale of Rolling Stone chosen this vocal "a finely detailed snapshot of everyday life that'll have anyone in a long-distance relationship reaching for the Kleenex."

Talking to his son on a long-distance telephone call, the male parent says, "I'thousand already there, take a look around, I'thousand the sunshine in your hair, I'chiliad the shadow on the ground, I'm the whisper in the current of air..." You may notice these lyrics remain with yous long later on the song ends.

Lyrics to listen for:

We may be a thousand miles apart
But I'll be with you wherever you lot are...

I'm already at that place
Have a look around
I'1000 the sunshine in your hair
I'm the shadow on the ground
I'g the whisper in the current of air

Hourglass—Mindy Gledhill

Mindy is a self-described "indie vocalizer-songwriter that will leave you floating like a scoop of vanilla cream in a strawberry soda." "Hourglass" is the ninth runway from her 2010 album Anchor. This tune is guaranteed to bring out the warm, tender feelings in even the most worn-out parents.

Lyrics to mind for:

When you reach for the stars
Don't forget who you are

And please don't turn around and grow up manner as well fast
See the sand in my grasp
From the first to the last
Every grain becomes a retentiveness of the past

When you reach for the stars
Don't forget who y'all are

I Hope Y'all Trip the light fantastic toe—Lee Ann Womack

This is a touching tune for anyone you dearest in your life. Its bulletin is i of encouragement and keeping the sense of wonder that everyone had when they were small-scale.

Lyrics to heed for:

Don't let some hell-bent center exit you biting,
When you come close to sellin' out reconsider

My Wish—Rascal Flatts

One of the most popular modernistic country tunes in recent years, "My Wish" is an uplifting ballad that focuses on everything good that can happen in life. It is the perfect dedication for someone who is just starting a new journey in their life.

Lyrics to listen for:

And while you're out in that location getting where you're getting to
I hope y'all know somebody loves you
And wants the same things too

Bridge Over Troubled Water—Simon and Garfunkle

This is a classic expression of love and back up, even through tough times and emotional instability. It conveys the feeling of parents telling their children that they volition be there for them... no matter what.

Lyrics to listen for:

When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'yard on your side. When times become rough
And friends simply can't be found

Of course, nosotros too desire to thank our parents and tell them how much they mean to us.

Here are some tunes that are perfect for dedicating to parents for different occasions like weddings or graduations, or for no occasion at all.

Relish!

The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli and Katharine McPhee

Originally written as a duet for Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, its powerful emotion and lyrical beauty volition get out you lot breathless. It was written as a prayer and sung in both English and Italian. I outset discovered this duet on a Josh Groban anthology years agone and find myself returning to it once more and again.

Lyrics to listen for:

I pray you'll be our eyes,
And sentry us where we become
And aid us to exist wise,
In times when nosotros don't know
Let this be our prayer,
When we lose our way
Lead u.s. to a place,
Guide us with your grace
To a identify where nosotros'll be safe.
La luce che tu hai

Wind Beneath My Wings—Bette Midler

Without our parents we wouldn't be here, both literally and figuratively. In the best scenario, they actually have been the current of air beneath our wings, propelling us to new heights. In fact, they've probably influenced united states more than nosotros intendance to realize. This is a pure-hearted testament to those people (including parents) who take helped us go to where nosotros are.

Lyrics to listen for:

Did you lot ever know that you're my hero
And everything I would similar to be?
I can fly college than an eagle
For you are the wind beneath my wings

You lot Raise Me Upward—Josh Groban

Like the Bette Midler song above, "You Enhance Me Upwardly" past Josh Groban gives testament to the people in our lives who have helped united states become who we are. Information technology'southward a reminder to be thankful to the people who take touched your life.

Lyrics to listen for:

You lot raise me up, and so I can stand up on mountains;
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas;
I am potent when I am on your shoulders;
You enhance me upwardly to more than I tin be.

Kind and Generous—Natalie Merchant

People always retrieve kindness, and nosotros have much to thank our parents for. They were kind and generous even when we did not know how to, or could not, reciprocate. For all those tantrums yous threw, for those sleepless nights when they held y'all, for the support they gave yous even if they didn't agree with your decision later on on in life, these are the perfect words to thank them with.

Lyrics to heed for:

For your kindness I'grand in debt to you lot
And I never could have come this far without yous
So for everything you've done

Do I Make You Proud—Taylor Hicks

One of the feelings that near people can relate to is the desire to brand their parents proud of them. Taylor Hicks captures both this sentiment and the reason behind it here.

Lyrics to listen for:

Because of you
I am standing tall
My heart is full
Of endless gratitude
You were the one
The one to guide me through

While thanking both parents is important, there are some times when we want to specifically thank or call back one parent or the other. There'due south no shortage of songs for that special lady in your life, only here are a few of my favorites.

Loves Me Like a Rock—Paul Simon

Paul Simon perfectly describes a mother's honey and how information technology is steady as a rock throughout a child's life.

Lyrics to heed for:

My mama loves, she loves me
She gets downwardly on her knees and hugs me
She loves me like a stone
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me

Mama Similar Mine—The Band Perry

Again, it's land music to the rescue with an incredibly sweetness song almost a mother's dearest and how having a expert mom tin actually brand all the departure.

Lyrics to mind for:

Oh the wars would all exist over
'Crusade she'd raise us all as friends
And no one would always wonder if somebody wanted them
This evening would be easier
And our dreams would all exist deeper
If the globe had a mother like mine

Of course nosotros can't forget dads! Here are some tunes to honor and thank the father figures in our lives.

The Greatest Man I Never Knew - Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson

An emotional ballad well-nigh a less-than-emotional father, here Reba McEntire shares her hit with relative newcomer Kelly Clarkson and together they give new life to the song. Parents tin can dear their children in many ways and not all parents are the most expressive. The Greatest Homo I Never Knew is about a dad that loved his daughter in means that he couldn't fully express.

Lyrics to listen for:

The greatest man I never knew
Lived just downward the hall
And everyday we said howdy
But never touched at all
He was in his newspaper
I was in my room
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon

I Learned From You - Hanna Montana

Hither, Miley Cyrus, formerly known as Hanna Montana, shares some heartfelt appreciation for her dad by acknowledging that while she didn't e'er heed at first, she does see the wisdom in his ways. Miley sings about her Dad, country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, using country music sensibilities and a popular music border.

Lyrics to listen for:

Y'all helped me to stand up on my own
And I thanks for that
It saved me, it made me
And at present that I'm looking dorsum I can say

I learned from you that I practice not crumble
I learned that strength is somethin' you choose
All of the reasons to keep on believin'
At that place'southward no question, that's a lesson, I learned from you

A Song for Dad—Keith Urban

Once more, information technology's country music to the rescue with Aussie singer-songwriter Keith Urban who sings from the point of view of a begetter almost growing older and how your perspective on life and your parents change.

Lyrics to listen for:

The older I get
The more I tin can see
How much he loved my mother and my brother and me
And he did the all-time that he could
And I merely promise when I accept my own family unit
That everyday I see
A fiddling more than of my male parent in me

Grandparents deserve acknowledgment for the deep golden honey they share with their grandchildren too.

I Miss You - Miley Cyrus

A sweet and touching ballad written from the vantage signal of a grandchild to her grandfather. The bail betwixt grandchildren and grandparents is precious and when a grandparent passes abroad, the grandchild is left with feelings and memories that are hard to process. Here, Miley Cyrus expresses these emotions beautifully and honestly, as just a loving grandchild could.

Lyrics to listen for:

You lot used to call me your affections
Said I was sent direct downward from heaven
You'd hold me shut in your arms

I loved the way y'all felt then strong
I never wanted you to leave
I wanted you to stay here holding me

© 2011 Tracy Lynn Conway

Kevin on November 15, 2019:

Can't forget Drops of Jupiter! All-time mom song ever.

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, USA on July 09, 2019:

Thanks, Elsa!

Elsa on July 09, 2019:

Fantastic

JonaDenz on June 12, 2019:

Maybe I'm just too enervating

Maybe I'g just like my father, too bold

Perhaps you're just like my mother

She's never satisfied (she'due south never satisfied)

Why do we scream at each other?

This is what it sounds similar

When doves cry. --Prince

Lars on April 16, 2019:

Female parent you left me but I never left y'all......The soul of John Lennon

The deeper you go, the college yous fly

John on May 28, 2018:

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Katharine severs on May 25, 2017:

I love the songs with deep meanings of life. They bear on our hearts then very much. Inspired of God and the love that should e'er prevail.

apple on February 21, 2017:

thanks sooooooooooo muuuuuucccccccccccccccchhhhhhhhh..... information technology really helps!

*sniffles a piddling* on December 28, 2016:

Another song which I recollect tin can really pull the heartstrings is Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA

Pawel Kostulak on November 25, 2016:

best songs about parents? Parents by Budgie

Andrei Andreescu from Seattle, Washington on Nov 16, 2015:

Lovely,heartmelting songs.I used to accept a tensionate relationship with my parents during my early teens merely at present we are getting along and understand each other just fine! :D.

Ameeta on August 14, 2015:

Lovely songs... I'grand going to send a request of your song to Sri Lankan radio for my parents. Give thanks you then much.

ThatWallflowerJen from PH on June 15, 2015:

I beloved these songs... especially Miley's.

#heartmelting

NoGoodNamesLeft on June 01, 2015:

This is a nice listing. "Sinner" past Andy Grammar is as well a pretty expert one.

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, United states on Jan 21, 2015:

Aminebombom,

Y'all're welcome!

Best, Tracy

Amine from Doha, Qatar on September 25, 2014:

thanks for the talented pick Tracey

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, USA on September 29, 2013:

Career Mommy - Thank you and so much!

All-time, Tracy

Tirralan Watkins from Los Angeles, CA on September 28, 2013:

Awww what a groovy hub for parents to read and listen to. I'll have to share this with my husband.

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, U.s.a. on May 16, 2012:

Soundtrack Junkie, thank you I am glad you enjoyed it.

Margaret, thank you, glad to hear that yous establish a favorite artist here.

Margaret Scarboro on May 11, 2012:

I love annihilation by John Mayer. Good job!

soundtrack junkie from New Hampshire on May 10, 2012:

awesome hub

Tracy Lynn Conway (writer) from Virginia, U.s.a. on May 07, 2012:

I will have to look for that vocal, thank y'all. I love the possibility of adding songs from other genres. I am glad you lot liked the hub, thanks!

dipsmi from Plymouth, Minnisota on April 15, 2012:

peachy hub! There is an Indian song from the movie Taare Zameen pur which has an amazing vocal for mothers. In case y'all are choosing songs around the earth for parents, do accept a expect on this song's lyrics.

klipleri on Jan 20, 2012:

Your Welcome Tracy As I deep strong emotions Well-nigh parents and nothing wrong with the rest but all is our generation.Cheers Again

Tracy Lynn Conway (writer) from Virginia, U.s. on January 17, 2012:

Jschach, I volition accept a listen to "Gracie," thank you! All-time, Tracy

jschach on January xiv, 2012:

This hub is so sweet! You should have a listen to Ben Folds' "Gracie". Just a really squeamish song written for his girl. Nice task!

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, USA on Jan 07, 2012:

Klipleri, I am so glad you liked the hub and tin can relate to these deep strong emotions that parents experience towards their children which is expressed in these songs. Cheers!

Best, Tracy

klipleri on January 04, 2012:

nice hub i similar and i also shared my feelings music of dearest towards your child are strong, and when a song almost parenthood connects with you, deep in your heart.

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, United states on Dec 26, 2011:

Sorry for the delayed response hither.

Howard, thank you so much!

Kenneth, goose egg beats "Cats in The Cradle", the vocal is unforgettable. Cheers so much for your votes and praise. They are very much appreciated!

Kenneth Avery from Hamilton, Alabama on October 17, 2011:

Tracy, You scored HIGH! Voted Up and abroad for this hub. Cat's In The Cradle, was THE song for me, nothing wrong with the residue, but Harry was from my generation. Cudo's to my HubFriend, Tracy, an excellent author.

Tracy Lynn Conway (author) from Virginia, USA on August 02, 2011:

Thank you Agsawan! I love the Stevie Wonder song you accept mentioned and have sung it to my daughter many times. I think when I was compiling this list of songs I couldn't find a proficient version of the vocal to add. I will take a listen to the Kenny Chesney song. I also like the Phil Collins song. Give thanks you so much for commenting and sharing your favorites!

agsawan on July 16, 2011:

Not bad slice here a few of my favorites:

There goes my life, Kenny Chesney. (I cry everytime.)

Isn't She lovely, Stevie Wonder

You'll Be In My Heart, Phil Collins.

howard berkun on April 21, 2011:

Dainty site and Great Work. Skillful of you to share all this wonderful advice in such a helpful way!

Tracy Lynn Conway (writer) from Virginia, U.s. on Apr 01, 2011:

Cathmomof4, I am glad that yous enjoyed them, even if you cried a piffling. Thank you!

Ashley Anne, I am thrilled that y'all loved the hub. Cheers for your votes!

Ashley Esmacher from Virginia on March 31, 2011:

I beloved this listing! Voted upward and cute!

cathmomof4 on March 29, 2011:

Pass the Kleenex please!! These are peachy- thanks for sharing!

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