Well, I wasn't there to see the first steps
Or hear the first words
Or watch the doctor bring them in
And there's a lot of time I missed out on I'll never get back again
Call it stepping up or stepping in
But step by step my world went spinning
Around that little heart and angel face
They're growing up and I'm growing old
Making memories we'll always hold
But I thank God for sending them my way
'Cause it ain't my blood or DNA that made that precious child
But it don't take rocket science to figure out that they're my life
One day they'll have their first kiss
Their first dance
And their 'I turned 16 car'
And I'll be right there when they walk in hurt from their first broken heart
And I'm longing for those moments along with all the ones I missed
I never knew this was how life would turn out
But I'm sure glad it did
Call it stepping up or stepping in
But step by step my world went spinning
Around that little heart and angel face
They're growing up and I'm growing old
Making memories we'll always hold
But I thank God for sending them my way
'Cause it ain't my blood or DNA that made that precious child
But it don't take rocket science to figure out that they're my life
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One day they'll look back through all these years and I pray that they'll find
That even though they didn't come from me
They know that they're mine
Call it stepping up or stepping in
But step by step my world went spinning
Around that little heart and angel face
They're growing up and I'm growing old
Making memories we'll always hold
But I thank God for sending them my way
'Cause it ain't my blood or DNA that made that precious child
But it don't take rocket science to figure out that they're my life