The taste of my tears  The day I watched you drift away  And I remember  Before you disappeared  I started hoping for the day  When I'd see your face  And look in your eyes  Feel your embrace  And we'd never say goodbye  I can hear it in the baby's cry  In a mother's lullaby  Everytime the morning sky  Begins to glow  I can feel it pounding deep inside  It's keeping faith alive  And i will not let it die  The heartbeat of hope  I am learning  I'm learning as I go  Just how thankful hope can be  The ache of yearning  Can never let you go  It has become a part of me  But pure are the longings  Holding on and holding out  I'll keep holding to the one thing  I know I can not live without  I can hear it in the baby's cry  In a mother's lullaby  Everytime the morning sky  Begins to glow  I can feel it pounding deep inside  It's keeping faith alive  And i will not let it die  Because it's more  Than something I believe in  It's a song that makes me dance  When my feet refuse to move  It's the wind that bumps the water  That I can not get through  I can hear it in the baby's cry  In a mother's lullaby  Everytime the morning sky  Begins to glow  I can feel it pounding deep inside  It's keeping faith alive  And I will not let it die  The heartbeat of hope  I will not let it die  The heartbeat of hope  I will not let it die  It's keeping faith alive  It's the heartbeat of hope  Keep it alive  The heartbeat of hope  I will not let it die  No, I will not let it die  Keep it alive  Keep alive  The heartbeat of hope  Rachel Spencer 1/3/99