RE: Re: [Lipstick_Princesses] Merry Christmas!

[Guest guest]

When my Danny was a baby, I used to listen to that song and just

cry because I thought the first part of the song was so sad …but

the ending was so loving and gave me a lot of hope for him.

My older kids thought I was nuts;-) (“why do you listen it

to you if it makes you cry?”) ;-)

KathyR

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Subject: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] Re: [Lipstick_Princesses] Merry

Christmas!

Thanks

Carol!! It came through fine. I've never heard that song before so I googled

the lyrics too. I couldn't quite make out everything he was saying. Here they

are if anyone else needs them.

On the day little

danny arrived

His

father stared and his mother cried

They

knew his name but they didn't know why

He

looked the way he did

This

thing happens to other kids

How

in the world are we gonna live

With

a boy like that?

Doctor

said, dan's the first bad news

Second

is his heart won't make it through

It

must be fixed unless you choose

To

send him back where he came

Starve

the boy from his name

Just

six short days of pain

Or

maybe less;

Chorus:

Danny's

downs but love is up

It's

been known to be more than enough

For

more and more of us

Danny's

downs but love is up

i'm

not that strong, & quot; his father said

the

dreams are gone, the hopes have fled

Won't

be long after he's dead

We'll

try again to find

The

child we had in mind

Where

the hell are those papers to sign?

And

the man broke down

In a

private room danny's mother wept

As

an old jamaican woman swept

And

not by chance their eyes met

(and

she said)

god's

gifts are only good y'know

And

there ain't no love the lord can't grow

Aw

honey, take that boy with ya when ya go

Back

home

(chorus)

It's

been eight years since the surgery

His

sister's 5, his brother's 3

He

goes to school and he knows how to read

He

takes the bus home by himself

Puts

his lunch pail back upon the shelf

And

he hugs his momma till she melts

To

the floor

They're

more than a home, they're a family

'cause

blood and bones are still souls y'see

And

someone's baby's just another danny

And

in the guest room in the back

Lives

this old jamaican black

'cause

when you give a gift

God

gives it back again.

Carol in IL wrote:

As a Christmas gift, I found and downloaded Danny's Downs

and am sending it on. Not sure how well the attachment will transfer,

hope it works. :-)

Carol in IL

Mom to , 8 DS

My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me.

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