mom

and mommy's dancing, cooking in the kitchen, cigarette's burning in the ashtray next to the roast, and by her feet, a cocktail and a cookie sheet, we draw our names in jell-o, i'll never know what it was like, not to have a man, to raise these children on your own, without a single plan, god i know that you were crazy, but i loved the way your raised me, we hardly had two red cents to rub together, but we never wanted for love, she said "we are here, all of us together, and honey you are everything that matters.", i'll never know what it was like, not to have a man, to raise these children on your own, without a single plan, god i know that you were crazy, but i loved the way your raised me, got a brother in the ground, still feel him around, got a bottle for a dad, peace he never had, got a way to live my life, got a way to feel myself, got a way to live my life, i'll never know what it was like, not to have a man, to raise these children on your own, without a single plan, god i know that you were crazy, but i loved the way your raised me, oh you're crazy, but i love the way you. mom you're crazy, but i loved the way you raised me, you raised me