I'll Always Be Grateful

Nine long months you've spent thinking of me

And all the following years

Spent between the laughter and tears

Self-denial you gave, too good to shout it out loud

There's a second love, but blood is thicker than skin

I'll always be grateful

I'll always be grateful

I'll always be grateful

For you

And the man's done his best with those old-fashioned ways

And I know you've tried hard, I can see it in your face

If I had of known then what I could have known now

I hate to patronize and even more I hate to criticize

(Chorus)

I must be painfully dull to do what I have done

By not showing love to those people that I love

But, still you accept what I've done proving time and time again

That someday I realize, but by then it's all too late

(Chorus)

And I'll never be hateful