The Baton

Oh, if I had a daughter I know what I would tell her I know what I would tell her When she's old enough to know I would tell my daughter She must be her own mother 'Cause I can only take her As far as I can go And on that very same day She'd join a kind of relay I'd pass her the baton and I'd say you better run 'Cause this thing has been going For many generations But there is so much healing That still needs to be done So go on, girl It's out of my hands I can't come where you're going But time unfurls And you'll understand The baton, it will be passed again The baton, it will be passed again But today I have no daughter I only have a mother And I know that my mother taught me Everything she knows And I don't wanna leave her But she is drawing nearer She's coming round the corner I can hear her yelling go Go on, girl It's out of my hands I can't come where you're going Time unfurls And you'll understand The baton, it will be passed again The baton, it will be passed again