She earned her nursing degree. One personalised congratulations song.

Verse 1

Up before the sun again,lunches packed and shoes tied twice,you did the night shift and the school run,never once thought twice.Weekends gone to wards and wages,books held open on your knee,nobody carried you through this, Ashley,you carried everyone, including me.

Chorus

So here's to you, and all you never said,here's to the tears we swallowed instead,the phone went quiet, the both of us in tears,that silence said the words we've saved for years.First class, first try, you did it on your own,Ashley, this is your song.

Verse 2

Your boy asleep before you got the news,you rang me shaking, could hardly speak,I heard you breathe before the words came through,strongest silence of the week.No one handed you a single thing,you built this with your own two hands,now watch the whole room stand and cheer for you,Ashley, do you understand?

Chorus

So here's to you, and all you never said,here's to the tears we swallowed instead,the phone went quiet, the both of us in tears,that silence said the words we've saved for years.First class, first try, you did it on your own,Ashley, this is your song.

Bridge

There's a table set this weekend,there's a house that's full of light,we don't always find the words,but love was never hard to find tonight.Every shift, every sleepless year,led you here, led you here.

Final Chorus

So here's to you, and all you never said,here's to the strength that came from love instead,the phone went quiet, but we felt it all,sometimes the biggest words are the ones that never fall.First class, first try, you did it on your own,Ashley, this is your song,this whole family's song.