Christina Aguilera Follow

It seems like a lifetime

Since I felt like a prisoner of my dreams, yeah

It took such a long time

For me to realize just how to be

And to listen to me

Don't go thinking I'm not thankful,

'Cause me, I've got my hands full of good things, oh

And I hope I can give back

A little bit of what you've given me

So thank you for standing right by me [I will always love you]

So thank you for being behind me [You are just so amazing]

And watching me grow and letting others know

That you still believe in what I'll be

Ha.

So people have said things in times

About me that weren't always true

Ooh yeah

But you've always been there

To give that extra love to pull me through

To do what I gotta do

Cause there'll always be those ups and downs

But you've always seemed to stick around and see

See me through to believe, yeah

And I hope I can give back

A little bit of what you've given me

You give me all that I need, yeah

So thank you for standing right by me [I thank you for everything]

So thank you for being behind me [Thank you, Christina]

And watching me grow and letting others know

That you still believe in what I'll be [Sing it, girl]

It took awhile 'til I could do what I wanted

And now I'm so happy that it started where we started

I'm thanking God that I could be in the position

To do my own thing now and make my own decisions

And so I'm thanking you for being true

And standing by me through and through