Song Description
Homeless man talking to his dead mother at the cemetary one last time
| Song Length |
4:04 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Depressing, Miserable |
Subject |
Failure, Poverty |
| Similar Artists |
Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Dear Mom
Dear Mom
Just a note to let you know what?s going on
I haven?t been around awhile, it seems
The last year?s been just like a bad, bad dream
And I didn?t want to bring you down at all
Dear Mom
That little house you left to me is gone
Been ashamed to tell you, but I thought you?d wanna know
The mill shut down in April, they had to let us go
Cathy and the kids left town last fall
And me, I spend my days just killing time
Staying with some guys I know, behind the Five and Dime
Play for change all day, pray for change all night
Wishing I could just go back and make it all alright
Tried my best to make you proud, tried my best to win
The days, they just got darker, and one day I just gave in
The only thing that I could save was that old guitar of Dad?s you gave me
They beat me up and took it yesterday
I don?t think I can take much more, and I just came by to say?
Dear Mom
Been inside this bottle way too long
Tired of trying to get up every time they knock me down
Rotting with the garbage in this used-up rotting town
I know this ain?t the way it oughta go
But, lately, it?s the only way I know?I?m sorry, Mom
© 2008 Goroll