Help! I need a mother-son song for my wedding

Landslide seems to work as long you don't take the words to literally. I heard it at one wedding I went to. No one seemed freaked out by it. A beautiful song.

Also, if you really want the tears-a-flowing, I've heard people use the song from Dumbo, "Baby Mine."

Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part, baby of mine
Little one when you play
Don't you mind what you say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear, baby of mine
If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
All those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for
The right to hold you
From your head to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Cute as can be, baby of mine

 

My mom and I are dancing to "I Hope You Dance" by LeeAnn Womack at my wedding in three weeks. We also considered "In My Life" by the Beatles. I voted for the latter, but she really wanted the former, so that's what it will be.

 

I agree that Dylan's "Forever Young" is far better, but you realize they're actually different songs, correct?

STLIrish had the best idea so far. Love Me Like a Rock.

Lastly, mom/son dances are always the most awkward parts of weddings for me, sorry to say.

Put on Ryan Adams

and invite everyone onto the dance floor after the first minute of the song.

And if all else fails, there's nothing wrong with "My Girl" by the Temptations.

 

Crazy Bitch--Buckcherry

 

"What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong is what Mrs. Fly and I used for our parents' dance. Her mother and my father had long since passed away when we met so I danced with my mom and she with her dad. Went very nicely.

We actually finished the night with the Joey Ramone cover version of "What a Wonderful World". It was a nice party.

 

I was drunk
the day my mom
got out of prison

 

Was it raining?

 

You're the Inspiration, by Chicago??

I guess that's my 80s influence talking.

 

That's a great pick, but I don't think it would work for me. When my grandma died a few years ago, my cousin made this awesome slide show to play at the calling hours, and that was the sound he used in the background. If we used that song now, there's not a chance in hell either of us could get through it without ending up a blubbering mess.

I admit it: I can be such a sap with these things, I make Dick Vermeil look like Charles Bronson.

 

I danced with my mom to the song she had her first dance with my dad at their wedding - "Our Day Will Come." It only meant something to the three of us, but that's all that matters, right?

 

This thread inspired me to choose the Super Mario Brothers theme music for the mother-son dance at my wedding.

 

I can't get that line from the Tupac song out of my head...

"It was hell...huggin' on my momma from a jail cell."