Look, Mummy, no hands

Remember the fair, Ma

The two of us there, Ma

By the merry-go-round?

I stood there entranced

As the bright horses danced

To a magical sound;

Just a dollar for pleasure untold:

And I rode in a whirl of scarlet and gold;

Look, Mummy, no hands;

I'm riding the roundabout all by myself;

Look, Mummy, no hands;

I called as I passed her,

Faster and faster;

"Hold on tight, darling!" she called out in fear;

But I laughed and pretended that I couldn't hear;

How careless we are when we're young.....

Remember the years

Of the sulks and the tears?

Do you recall?

I hated you when

You said "Be back by ten,"

I knew it all;

Always asking to know what I'd done;

When as far as I knew, I was just having fun;

Look, Mummy, no hands;

I know how to take good care of myself;

Look, Mummy, no hands;

Please don't be a bore,

'Cause I know the score;

She tried to warn me, but I wouldn't heed her;

I was grown up, I didn't need her;

How careless we are when we're young.....

Remember the daughter 

And all that you taught her?

She's grown up at last;

With a child of her own 

She struggles alone

As the years all rush past;

But now you're not there to answer her calls;

You're not there to catch her as she stumbles 

and falls;

Look, Mummy, no hands;

I'm having to do it all by myself;

Look, Mummy, no hands;

I used to dismiss you,

Now I just miss you;

As my child grows away from me, I feel my

heart sinking;

Then I look back and smile, and I find 

myself thinking

How careless we are when we're young.....