Now the dirt is washed away and all alibis are out
and the hands that used to heal me only curse me now.
The echoes of a woman so kind
rain like waterfalls
and ice cream on my worried mind.
I lay there in a puddle of myself
fishing for a brand new wish from that bucket down the well.
And in her colors I find my faith
cause I remember every word that lady used to say.
She said hearts can't break themselves
looking for something
leaving with nothing
but souls can save themselves learning to fly.
Sweet mother of mine
be a long way home
without you.
She said a long way home without you.
Nurse my mother like no other made me human made
me brother hands would swell and they would blister
for my sake and my sister's.
The guardian of my karma keep my feet
on terra firma and then release me
like a sign to the sky.
She said that hearts can't break themselves looking for something
leaving with nothing but souls can save themselves learning to fly.
Sweet mother of mine.
And I
just hope to tell some time.
Sister your sun hungry eyes can bite back your hip no times.
Smiling faces in disguise can bite back your hip no time.
Keep going against the grain.
Soon that's all.
Soon that's all you'll know.
Soon that's all you'll know.
And let's get this straight.
Sometimes you'll rise and there's times you'll fall.
After all you're just blood and bones
and you don't owe no one nothing.
No you don't owe no one.
So don't live like one price is right.
Cause there's some things in your life that you can't buy.
She said that hearts can't break themselves
looking for something wind up with nothing
but souls can save themselves learning to fly.
Sweet mother of mine.
Of mine.
Mom.
Mom.
She said hearts can't break themselves looking for something
leaving with nothing but souls can save themselves learning to fly.
Learning to fly.
She said that souls can save themselves learning to fly.
Learning to fly.
Oh, souls can't save themselves learning to fly.
Learning to fly.
No
mama how I love you
learning to fly.
Learning to fly.
No mama how I love you
learning to fly.
Learning to fly.
Sweet mother of mine.
We are no way home without you.
Mother of mine.
Mother of mine.