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