Mother/Daughter songs?

Question

My mother was a single mom raising me. I am 20 years old and was proposed to last christmas. I'm starting to get things together a little bit (even though the wedding wont be for another year and a half).

Does anybody know of any songs that are good for a 'mother daughter dance" (Opposed to a father daughter dance. My dad died 2 years ago) ...

Answer 1

There is a very touching mother/daughther song by ABBA called "Slipping Through My Fingers". A version was on Mamma Mia! (The broadway show) was even more touching. If you'd like I can send you the mp3 but here are the lyrics.

Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that Im losing her forever
And without really entering her world
Im glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see whats in her mind
Each time I think Im close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Then when shes gone theres that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I cant deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
(slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some of that we did but most we didnt
And why I just dont know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see whats in her mind
Each time I think Im close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers...

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile...

Answer 2

In My Daughter's Eyes: Martina McBride; Martina says that she hopes that she will have the skill to outlive in her daughter while she is lifeless. My Little woman (Tim McGraw) and that i enjoyed Her First (Heartland) are sung from the daddy's point of view, yet would be sang by mothers too. they are the two approximately how the little woman grows up, and the daddy misses the previous situations.

Answer 3

"Sunrise, Sunset"