Ricki Lee - I Appreciate You lyrics

I remember drawing circles on the sand down by the water Young and amazing by the crashing waves I used to sit alone and wonder, why i wasn't like the others Laughing and playing with thier mothers But now i know she made a sacrifice So i could have the finest things in life I'll spend a lifetime just to show you How i appreciate you, you taught me how to be myself I'll walk a million miles, and i'll fall a thousand times But you taught me how to be myself I remember lying in the dark and feeling sad coz it was so hard Tears running down my face And everytime i heard a car go past I would run up and look through the gla** Hoping i'd see your face But now i know she made a sacrifice So i could have the finest things in life I'll spend a lifetime just to show you How i appreciate you, you taught me how to be myself I'll walk a million miles, and i'll fall a thousand times But you taught me how to be myself You taught me how to be indepentent And you taught me how to stand strong And i'm the person that i am today Coz what i went through in those days She made a sacrifice, to give me the finest things in life