pregnancy

You're Gonna Be A Mama

A pregnancy song · Songbond

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A song written from a true story

The story & lyrics

The story behind this song

She read the test five times, talks to her belly at red lights, and keeps a secret Pinterest board three hundred nurseries deep. She worries she won't know how.

This song is the answer everyone around her already knows: look at how you love — it was practice. For the mom-to-be, from anyone who can see it.

Lyrics

Hey, you.
Yes, you — the one who read the test five times.

You've been talking to your belly
at red lights in the car,
you've got a secret Pinterest board
three hundred nurseries deep.
You worry that you won't know how —
sweetheart, look at how you love.

Everyone can see it.
Time somebody sang it.

You're gonna be a mama.
Yeah — let those words sink in.
Every lullaby you've ever heard
is about to live again.
Breathe, mama, breathe — you were built for this somehow.
You're gonna be a mama now.

Your hands already know the way
you'll brush the hair back from their face.
Your voice already has the tone
that makes the crying stop.
All the love you've handed out your whole life long —
it was practice.

This was always where
your softness was going.

And on the hardest nights,
when you wonder if you're enough —
remember: somebody already
chose you first.

You're gonna be a mama now.
Lucky kid. They have no idea yet.

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