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A Mother
Sung by Ma & Bessie
Cue: Its a terrible gamble. But Rosies
the
only
family
I
got.
(Ma sings)
I ain't no angel, I ain't no saint
I've done some work would make a grown man faint
Sometimes I'd like to change some things that I just cain't
But there's one thing of which you'll hear no complaintâ¦
I'm a motherâ¦
I'm a motherâ¦
So many days leave you feeling outrun
But a child's eyes hold your moon and sun,
And a mother's work is never doneâ¦
But I'd have it no other way,
To watch her grow just one more dayâ¦
(Bessie sings)
I reckon some folks don't see me at all
I'm rough as split-rail, and my fuse is small
But there's a part of me hears a softer callâ
Wraps around me like a gentle shawl.
My motherâ¦
I never knew my motherâ¦
So many days leave me feeling outrun
I play my role and I answer to none
But sometimes it's hard bein' aloneâ¦
I imagine it some other way,
I feel like a cold little strayâ¦
(Both sing)
Mother⦠mother
Mother⦠mother
It there's hope for this crazy world
It ain't some law or some flag unfurledâ¦
(Ma sings)
It's a hand tusslin' a headful of curls.
(Bessie sings)
It's the gift of wearin' your grandma's pearlsâ¦
(Ma sings)
It's someone to bake your favorite cinnamon swirlsâ¦
(Bessie sings)
It's two hands to clap as you spin and twirlâ¦
(Both sing)
To bring some light where it's gray,
She's no just some silly cliché'
A motherâ¦
A motherâ¦
A motherâ¦
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