| No I would not give you false hope | On this strange and mournful day | But the mother and child reu-nion | | Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine. | | I can't for the life of me | | Remember a sadder day | | I know they say let it be | | But it just don't work out that way | | And the course of a lifetime runs | | Over and over again | No I would not give you false hope | On this strange and mournful day | But the mother and child reu-nion | | Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine. | | I just can't believe it's so, | | and though it seems strange to say | | I never been laid so low | | In such a mysterious way | | And the course of a lifetime runs | | Over and over again | But I would not give you false hope | On this strange and mournful day | When the mother and child reu-nion | | Is only a motion away, | Oh, oh the mother and child reunion | Is only a motion away | Oh the mother and child reu-nion | | Is only a moment away