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♪ Seeing when mother got a job at my school ♪
♪ And I wouldn't leave home without pulling the tooth out ♪
♪ And she'd draw me maps from each one of my classrooms ♪
♪ Just so I'd know where to find her if I had to ♪
♪ And now that I know where she is, I don't visit ♪
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♪ Seeing when mother falls down on her knees and ♪
♪ Prays to a God that she does not believe in ♪
♪ Cause death don't come easy when you love your children ♪
♪ So wild and reckless and gone without warning ♪
♪ She falls to her knees just to make sure they're working ♪
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♪ And I know her heart will just beat till it's burning ♪
♪ She gave up her freedom just to see me not hurting ♪
♪ And I should've answered when she called me this morning ♪
♪ Just to tell me she loved me and that I'm important ♪
♪ And I know heaven ain't hiding in moments of trial ♪
♪ It's alive on the wings of a bird slowly dying ♪
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