mother, mother,
why do you cry?
is something wrong?
did somebody die?

mother, mother,
why do you drink?
then try to hide it,
and say its not what i think.

mother, mother,
why cant you drive?
is it because you crashed
that night you were high?

mother, mother,
why dont you care?
that i'm always crying
because youre never there.

mother, mother,
where did you go?
i havent seen you
since last march when it snowed.

mother, mother,
will you ever return?
or will you be like father,
poured in an urn.

mother, mother,
up on the shelf,
now that youre gone,
im all by myself.

mother mother,
one lesson is true.
no matter what happens,
i wont be like you.

i will talk to my daughter,
and we will be friends,
i wont make her life hell
til the very end.

i wont steal her money
and i wont pop pills.
i wont sit on my ass
and make her pay all the bills.

so mother, mother,
i'll be nothing like you.
but after everything you've done...
i still love you.