Something Cute With The Kids (Mother’s Day Bluegrass Blueprint)

[Verse 1]
Mother’s Day came up the driveway
With the morning soft and bright
Crayons on the kitchen table
And coffee feeling right

She said don’t make it fancy
Don’t make it hard to do
Don’t ask me every five minutes
If I’ve got a plan for you

I don’t need a breakfast pageant
I don’t need a brunch parade
Just coffee and a kitchen
Where the mess begins to fade

[Chorus]
Do something cute with the kids
Then go kiss their mom
Keep the coffee warm
Keep the morning calm

Feed the house, clean the pan
Be a reasonably useful man
Write the card with actual words
Let the sweet parts carry on

Do something cute with the kids
Then go kiss their mom

[Verse 2]
The kids are drawing pictures
With their elbows in the glue
One heart looks like a tractor
One says Mom, I love you

They don’t need choreography
They don’t need a perfect scene
Just a little coaching
And a table mostly clean

Let her sleep a little longer
Let the hallway stay low-noise
If she gets a bath or shower
Let that water run in peace

[Chorus]
Do something cute with the kids
Then go kiss their mom
Keep the coffee warm
Keep the morning calm

Feed the house, clean the pan
Be a reasonably useful man
Write the card with actual words
Let the sweet parts carry on

Do something cute with the kids
Then go kiss their mom

[Bridge]
Who owns dishes?
Somebody cheerful
Who owns cleanup?
Keep it peaceful

Who owns breakfast?
Keep it simple
Who owns tone?
Keep it gentle

Who asks Mom where the thing is?
Nobody today
Who lets Mom drink coffee?
Everybody, hooray

[Verse 3]
At the heart of all the joking
There’s a truth we ought to say
She’s the warmth inside the ordinary
Hundred little days

So today we write it plainly
Not assumed and not implied
We see the love she carries
We see the work beside

[Final Chorus]
Do something cute with the kids
Then go kiss their mom
Keep the coffee warm
Keep the morning calm

Feed the house, clean the pan
Be a reasonably useful man
Write the card with actual words
Let the sweet parts carry on

Do something cute with the kids
Then go kiss their mom

[Outro]
Something cute
Then kiss their mom
Make the breakfast
Keep it calm

Cards with words
Kitchen clean
Mother rested
Mother seen