written by Sinead O'Connor © WB Music Corp/ Warner Chappell Music LTD/ Promostraat BV admin by WB Music Corp (ASCAP) This is to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you This is to be with you To hold you and to kiss you too For when you need me I will do What your own mother didn't do Which is to mother you All the pain that you have known All the violence in your soul All the wrong things you have done I will take from you when I come All mistakes made in distress All your unhappiness I will take away with my kiss Yes I will give you tenderness For child I am so glad I found you Although my arms have always been around you Sweet bird although you did not see me I saw you And I'm here to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you