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momma


sugar spice  everything nice

makin' mud pies in the yard

momma frowns  scrubs me down

tells me I better be good


livin' lean  seventeen

learnin' the back seat of cars

momma complains  nothin' has changed

and I screwed up worse that she could


and momma say

such a beautiful girl what'd you go do that for

you came along when the time was wrong

and I wish you'd never been born


college   knowledge

oh momma please let me go

momma laughs  cuts me in half

what do you think you could know


wedding day  naivete

I give my ghost to a gown

lipstick smiles  I walk down the aisle

and I say I do when I don't


and mamma say

such a pretty girl what'd you go do that for

I wanted the world not a little girl

and your life is mine not yours


mamma look what I've done

please see what I've become

mamma look what I've made

with all you gave


divorce   of course

what'd you expect me to do

but I got away   from all that you say

and I got my own life to conclude


found myself   all my wealth

within the walls of my mind

on another path  unmarked and unmasked

and I won't leave your crumbs behind


still momma say

such a pretty girl what'd you go do that for

I took your time   but I'll give you of mine

I wish I could give you back more


and then I say

what a beautiful girl  momma

you made me live

you taught me life

what's wrong and what's right

and sometimes you get when you give

yeah,  you taught me how to live

but I taught you how to live too

I hope the songs speak for themselves.
 

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