Mother, Father, before I forget   Thank you for all that you have been to me   And just in case you are wonderin' I love you      Yeah   Oh hmm   I know that our differences caused   Us to waste so much of our time we could have used   Gettin' to know each and one another   But now that I've grown into my own   And learned some things about life   I now can see that it wasn't easy to raise someone like me, yeah      Mother, Father, before I forget   (Haa)   Thank you for all that you have been to me   (Yea)   And just in case you are wonderin' I love you      Yes I do   Na ahh, see   I remember those days when you used to sit me down   And try to school me about the plenty opportunities in life   Hopin' and wishin' and prayin' that something would stick   (Ahh)   And sometime click within this mind of mine   (Ahh, ahh)   See you used to say, if you throw enough on the wall   Somethin' is bound to rub, on   (Ahh)   And I'm here to tell you   That you don't have to really worry about me at all      Mother, Father, before I forget   (Yeah)   Oh, oh thank you for all that you have been to me   And just in case you are wonderin' I love you   (Oh, oh)   (Case)   I love you again, so      Listen now, see   There was no limit to all the things that you've done   And would have for me my sisters and brothers   And I'll never understand how you would talk all day long?   And just as you said, in one ear and out the other   Isn't it funny how things change when you get older   When you start to see the things for yourself   Yeah, now I know that I'll never find another   Love like yours inside anyone else      Mother, Father, before I forget   (Oh)   Haa oh, thank you for all that you have been to me   And just in case you were wonderin' I love you   (Oh, oh)   (In case)   You, yeah, single one for me      Mother, Father, before I forget   (Ooh ho)   Thank you for all that you have been to me   (Sout of sound I have caused pain in your life)   And just in case you are wonderin' I love you   (I love you, yeah)      Mother, Father   Thank you for every little thing that you have done for me   In my life   Lord   Lord it   Lord it   Lord it   Lord