watching you come down the stairs tonight  our daughter in your arms  hits me like a freight train  it startles me into a song  i've been given more than i deserve  more than i had asked  it took some time to realize  and i'm on my knees at last    Chorus  Thank you, thank you  for giving me this life  thank you, thank you  i want to get it right    it doens't always go so smoothly  or sometimes even good  it gets broken like the rest of me  and i've rarely understood  but it's shelter from the storm  salvation from the cold  and it's suddenly lit up for me  and i'm ablt to behold    Chorus    a joining of colored threads  wove into a whole  and this fabric you created  is the finest thing i know    you are so good to me always  but right now i'm taking note  cause looking up the stairs tonight  i feel a burning hope  i might trued things on my own  but i could not have gone far  cause what you give me through this family  is the greatest gift of all    thank you, thank you  for finding me through them  thank you, thank you  i am thankful to the end