Unborn Heart

When she told me She was gonna have a baby A part of me went weightless For the first time in my life There was nothing I could say It's like a miracle from the stars above Paralyzed with fear I was overcome with love She said soon you'll hear the beating Of an unborn heart This is the answer You've been searching for so hard And for the first time in my life I felt The wave of love so deep As I listened for the unborn child's heartbeat I said something stupid like, how are you feeling She smiled the warmest smile I've ever seen Oh, I guess that said it all Now were a far cry from the storybook romance Something in her eyes, made me crumble I reached out for her hand She said soon, you'll hear the beating Of an unborn heart This is the answer You've been searching for so hard And for the first time in my life I felt The wave of love so deep As I listened for the unborn child's heartbeat Now we all know how crazy This world can be sometimes And I lie awake at night and wonder How a child survives Beyond the danger in the strangers And the inhumanity Lord give us strength to someday find a world that lives in peace Oh, Soon, you'll hear the beating Of an unborn heart This is the answer You've been searching for so hard And for the first time in my life I felt The wave of love so deep As I listened for the unborn child's heartbeat Oh, I can almost hear the beating