From Gods Arms, To My Arms, To Yours

From composer and songwriter Michael McLean. Michael McLean is perhaps the most prolific and best-known performer, composer, songwriter, producer, and director in the Latter-day Saint entertainment industry. He has written music and lyrics for more than twenty albums and is the author of several books, including Hold On, the Light Will Come: And Other Lessons My Songs Have Taught Me. His beloved Christmas production, The forgotten Carols, has played to sold-out audiences for more than ten years, and his musical production The Ark, co-authored with Brian Kelly, premiered on Broadway in fall 2005. Michael and his wife, Lynne, have three children and live in Utah. Source: www.amazon.com/From-Gods-Arms-My-Yours/dp/1590384938.

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Lyrics

So many wrong decisions in my past, I'm not quite sure

If I can ever hope to trust my judgement anymore

But lately I've been thinking, 'cause it's all I've had to do

And in my heart I feel that I should give this child to you

(And) Maybe, you can tell your baby

When you love him so that he's been loved before

By someone who delivered your son

From God's arms to my arms to yours

And if you choose to tell him and if he wants to know

How the one who gave him life could bear to let him go

Just tell him there were sleepless nights

I prayed and paced the floors

I knew the only peace I'd find is if this child was yours

(And) Maybe, you can tell your baby

When you love him so that he's been loved before

By someone who delivered your son

From God's arms to my arms to yours

Now I know you don't have to do this, but could you kiss him once for me

The first time that he ties his shoes or falls and skins his knee,

And could you hold him twice as long when he makes his first mistake

And tell him that he's not alone, sometimes that's all it takes

I know how much he'll ache

This may not be the answer for another girl like me

And I'm not on a soapbox saying how we all should be

I'm just trusting in my feelings and I'm trusting God above

And I'm trusting you can give this baby both his mother's love

(And) Maybe, you can tell your baby

When you love him so that he's been loved before

By someone who delivered your son

From God's arms to my arms to yours