Lyrics The Pretenders

The Pretenders

I'm a Mother

I'm a mother

Treat me like a mother

You want to suck on my breast

It's no surprise you do

I'm the source and the force

You owe your life to, brother

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I'm a mother

And I take like a mother

I understand blood

And I understand pain

There can be no life without it

Never doubt it

I'm a mother

I gave you all my money

To help the family

But what you do to me

Don't humiliate me

Remember

I'm a life-long member

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I'm a mother

Treat me like a mother

In the middle of the night

I be deep in a dream

You fancy little company

You only have to scream

Loud, brother

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I'm a mother

And I fake like a mother

I understand time

And it isn't on my side

But to service mankind

I have to suffer his pride

Like a mother

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You say your protection

Is proof of your affection

If I need security

I'll keep a gun on me

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Don't barter with me

Don't barter with me

Little sacrifices

Go straight to heaven

But hunting season's over

This is the 20th century

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Don't barter with me

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I'm a mother

And I ache like a mother

If there's a terrible crash

And bodies thrown everywhere

I'll wrap 'em up and carry 'em

If someone has to bury them

Brother

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Call upon mother

I'm the vessel of life

I got the trauma here to prove it

When it's time for me to labor for you

Everybody move it

Like a mother

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