I Wish I Was Your Mother

I scream at you for sharing And I curse you just for caring I hate the clothes you're wearing, they're so pretty And I tell you not to see me And I tell you not to feel me And I make your life a drag, it's such a pity And I watch your warm glow palin' And I watch your sparkle fadin' As you realise you're failin', 'cause you're so good No, I don't mean to upset you But there's so much crime to get through If only I could make it easier then I would Oh, I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would have seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while It's no use me pretendin' You give and I do the spendin' Is there a happy ending? I don't think so 'Cause even if we make it I'll be too far out to take it You'll have to try and shake it from my head Oh, I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would have seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while

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