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Counting Family

  • Song written by Josh Nelson

I will count my family
in ways quite new
And you’ll see my family
includes you too
For while surnames divide,
still our family is wide
We’re all Fam-il-y!

We count family, one by one
But when we have just begun
We’ll see quickly that the sum
Is infinity!

When I count my family
I can’t just stop
When I note my siblings,

my mom and pop
For my kin includes others:
all my sisters and brothers
In our world-wide family

We count family, one by one
But when we have just begun
We’ll see quickly that the sum
Is infinity!

When I count the branches
of my family tree
And I think of those
who are dear to me
I know I must climb high
On those branches to the sky
When I count my family

We count family, one by one
But when we have just begun
We’ll see quickly that the sum
Is infinity!

There are family members
I won’t forget
And there’s family members
I’ve never met
But the thing that we share
Is the fact that we care
For our world-wide family

We count family, one by one
But when we have just begun
We’ll see quickly that the sum
Is infinity!