Without You I Can Do Nothing

There are seven (two) sleepy pairs of eyes

Waiting for me at the table

I must go and give their day a smile

And I wonder if I'm able

No cup of coffee I have met

Could ever get me through this day

.

And without You I can do nothing

Oh but with You I can do anything

Without You I am a clanging

nagging noise

But with You I'll raise girls and boys

.

There is a house that's really not so small

Not with some bunk beds and some mirrors

There is a phone that's ringing off the wall

I feel my limit getting nearer

And there's no smart woman on TV

Who looks a thing like me

and so I know

.

That without You I can do nothing

Oh but with You I can do anything

Without You I am a clanging

nagging noise

But with You I'll raise girls and boys

.

Toys on the floor, blood on the knees

"I need some more

now mommy please"

A first step, a first uniform

Slowly the Body is born

.

I am a woman staring at the sink

I cannot think or understand

Where did it go, I hardly even blinked

And now the day's slipped through my hands

Oh please, grant me a new start

With a fresh and fervent heart, help me, I know

.

Without You I can do nothing

Oh but with You I can do anything

Without You I am a clanging

nagging noise

But with You I'll raise girls and boys

--Marie Bellet: What I Wanted To Say