This song makes me cry

I never heard it before - but Tanaholic put it on the CD she gave out for her baby shower. I listen to it at least once a day now - and it makes me cry every single time!

Thought you guys would enjoy! Here are the words!

The Things We've Handed Down:

Don't know much about you
Don't know who you are
We've been doing fine without you
But we could only go so far

Don't know why you chose us
Were you watching from above
s there someone there that knows us
Said we'd give you all our love

Will you laugh just like your mother
Will you sigh like your old man
Will some things skip a generation
Like I've heard they often can

Are you a poet or a dancer
A devil or a clown
Or a strange new combination of
The things we've handed down

I wonder who you'll look like
Will your hair fall down and curl
Will you be a mama's boy
Or daddy's little girl

Will you be a sad reminder
Of what's been lost along the way
Maybe you can help me find her
In the things you do and say

And these things that we have given you
They are not so easily found
But you can thank us later
For the things we've handed down

You may not always be so grateful
For the way that you were made
Some feature of your father's
That you'd gladly sell or trade

And one day you may look at us
And say that you were cursed
But over time that line has been
Extremely well rehearsed

By our fathers, and their fathers
In some old and distant town
From places no one here remembers
Come the things we've handed down

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OMG that is such a moving song...I'm sitting here w/ tears in my eyes.

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Is this Marc Cohn? I love this song.

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Posted by SweetCin

OMG that is such a moving song...I'm sitting here w/ tears in my eyes.

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That is so beautiful!

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I just downloaded the song...what a tear jerker. It is so beautiful!

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what a good one! Thanks for sharing

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Out of curiosity, what were some of the other songs?

I'm looking to make a playlist for the delivery room.

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ME TOO!!! i want that song - whose is it?

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The other day in the car I heard "In My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride and started crying.

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I put this song on my DC's christening favor. I LOVE it!!!!

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Another great song (esp. for a daughter) is "I Loved Her First" about a dad's love for his daughter & then giving her away on her wedding day....so touching.