Love You Forever永远爱你

LoveYou Forever

A mother held her new baby and very slowly

 rocked him back and forth, 

back and forth, back andforth.

And while she held him, she sang:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living ,my baby you'll be.

The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew.

He grew until he was two years old, and he ran allaround the house.

He pulled all the books off the shelves. 

He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator

and he took his mother's watch and flushed it downthe toilet.

Sometimes his mother would say, "this kid isdriving me CRAZY!"

But at night time, when that two-year-old was quiet,

she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, 

looked up over the side ofhis bed;

and if he was really asleep she picked him up 

androcked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

While she rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living ,my baby you'll be.

The little boy grew. He grew and he grew and hegrew.

He grew until he was nine years old. 

And he neverwanted to come in for dinner, 

he never wanted to take a bath,

and when grandma visited he always said bad words. 

Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo! 

But at night time, when he was asleep,

the mother quietly opened the door to his room, 

crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed.

If he was really asleep, she picked up thatnine-year-old boy

 and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back andforth.

And while she rocked him she sang: 

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living ,my baby you'll be.

The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew.

He grew until he was a teenager. 

He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes 

and he listened to strange music.

Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo!

But at night time, when that teenager was asleep,

the mother opened the door to his room, 

crawledacross the floor and looked up over the side of the bed.

If he was really asleep she picked up that great bigboy 

and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. 

While sherocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living ,my baby you'll be.

That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew.

He grew until he was a grown-up man. 

He lefthome and got a house across town.

But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into hercar 

and drove across town.

If all the lights in her son's house were out, 

sheopened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, 

and looked up over theside of his bed.

If that great big man was really asleep she pickedhim up 

and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

 And whileshe rocked him she sang:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living ,my baby you'll be.

Well, that mother, she got older. 

She got older andolder and older.

One day she called up her son and said,

"You'd better come see me because I'm very oldand sick."

So her son came to see her. 

When he came in the doorshe tried to sing the song. She sang:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

But she couldn't finish because she was too old andsick.

The son went to his mother. 

He picked her up androcked her back and forth,

 back and forth, back and forth.

And he sang this song:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living ,my Mommy you'll be.

When the son came home that night, he stood for along time 

at the top of the stairs.

Then he went into the room where his very new babydaughter was sleeping.

He picked her up in his arms and very slowly rockedher back and forth, 

back and forth, back and forth.

And while he rocked her he sang:

I'll love you forever, I'll like you foralways, 

As long as I'm living , my baby you'll be.