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Jeg kom over en fil der jeg samlet tekstene til en sang-samling jeg ga til en venninne da hun ble gravid (før jeg fikk barn selv) - det er stort sett sanger som handler om det å få eller ha barn. Det var ganske spesielt å lese gjennom dem nå. Jeg limer ikke inn hele tekstene, for da blir det så veldig langt, men her er listen:

Beginning Of A Great Adventure (Lou Reed)
(It might be fun to have a kid that I could kick around
a little me to fill up with my thoughts
A little me or he or she to fill up with my dreams
a way of saying life is not a loss)

Forever Young (Bob Dylan)
(May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift)

Ikaros (Björn Afzelius)
(Låt dina blommor slå rot där det finns jordmån, låt dina växter får leva där dom trivs
Lås inte in dina plantor i et drivhus, låt dom få slippa ett onaturligt liv
Låt den du älskar få pröva sina vingar, en dag så flyger din älskade rätt
Vill du bli respekterad av din avbild får du visa din avbild respekt)

Kooks (David Bowie)
(I bought you a pair of shoes
A trumpet you can blow and a book of rules
On what to say to people when they pick on you
'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty Kookie too ...)

I Knew I Loved You (Savage Garden) (Neida, den handler kanskje ikke "egentlig" om det å få barn, men det er lett å tolke den sånn også, synes jeg)
(I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life ...)

Memo To My Son (Randy Newman)
(I know you don't think much of me
But someday you'll understand
Wait'll you learn how to talk baby
I'll show you how smart I am!)

Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
(Isn't she lovely
Isn't she wonderful
Isn't she precious
Less than one minute old)

Beautiful Boy (John Lennon)
(Close your eyes, have no fear
The monsters gone, he's on the run and your daddy's here ...)

How Do You Feel Now (Barclay James Harvest)
(How do you feel now
We've got a reason to go on
Newly born
Seems like I've waited for a lifetime ...)

Sweet Child Of Mine (Sheryl Crow) (ja, jeg vet at det er en Guns N'Roses-sang, men det var nå Sheryl Crow-versjonen som var på denne samlingen)
(He's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rain
I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain)

World Before Columbus (Suzanne Vega)
(If your life were taken from me
All the trees would freeze in this cold ground
It would be as cruel as the world before Columbus
Sail to the edge and I'd be there looking down)

Child Of Mine (Carole King)
(The times you were born in
May not have been the best
But you can make the times to come
Better than the rest
I know you will be honest
If you can't always be kind
Oh yes sweet darling
So glad you are a child of mine)