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Mama, I wish they hadn't hanged you. I see you in the corners of my dreams
Mama, this land got sewed up crazy with torn and bloody seams.
Mama, I know you always told me to shut my mouth, but hold my head up straight
but, Mama, the words I need to tell them got swallowed up too late
Mama, now I'm saying, I'm not playing,
Now I'm praying for the piece of heaven
when you come back home.
Mama, now I'm thinkin hands are wringing
while you're swinging. Mama, why'd you leave me here all alone?
Mama, the papers said they shot you your picture's in my pocket every dat.
Mama, you were oh so beautiful and oh so far away.
Mama, I know you always told me to try and take a bit more than I give
But, Mama, I tried to give you everything and you chose not to live.
Mama, now I'm choosing. I'm not losing.
I'm refusing to let go of your secrets
until you get back home.
Mama, now I'm calling and I'm crawling
while you're falling. Mama, why'd you leave me here all alone?
(Alone, Mama you left me alone... oh...)
And even though they've pulled you past the breaking point....
Even though they've cut more than your days.... Mama, do I love you, do I hate you, do I still
still need you? Oh, let me count the ways!
Mama, I'm learning. Mama, I'm churning.
I'm still burning with the fire you left behind.
Mama, I'm reaching. Mama, I'm preaching.
Mama, you're out of time.
Mama, I'm choosing. Mama, I'm losing.
I'm refusing to ever let you go.
Mama, I'm calling. Mama, I'm crawling.
I'm falling but you'd never know.
Mama, saying Mama, I'm staying.
Mama, I'm praying for you to get back home
Mama, I'm wringing. Mama, you're swinging
Mama, I'm singing in the sky all alone
Mama, mama, mama Mama, mama,
Mama, you're out of time.