Lyrics: Do You Love Me As Your Own?

by Janice Kapp Perry

(Child)
I am not flesh or your flesh,
I am not bone of your bone.
One question burns in my heart,
Something I have never known.

I’ve been so afraid to ask you
But my need to know has grown,
Do you love me as your own?

A mother carries her baby warm inside of her.
She feels the motion, she knows he’s growing, her heart is stirred.
And they bond together for now and ever she’d give her life for him
That’s the way God planned it, I understand it, and that’s how love begins.

But I’m not flesh of your flesh
I am not bone of your bone.
One question burns in my heart,
Something I have never known.
I’ve been so afraid to ask you
But my need to know has grown,
Do you love me as your own?

(Mother)
A woman longs for a baby warm inside of her.
She hopes and hungers and often wonders if prayers are heard.
Then a new door opens when she learns someone will give her child to them,
Then her heart goes crazy for this sweet baby and that’s how love begins.
You are not flesh of my flesh,
You are not bone of my bone,
But you are heart of my heart,
Something I have always known.
Every heart beat bears a witness,
Every act of love has shown,
Yes, I love you as my own.
Yes, my child, you are my own.

Credits: Lyrics from the Adoption Album Do You Have a Little Love to Share
Produced by Adoption Media
All words and music copyright © 2005 Janice Kapp Perry and Joy Saunders Lundberg