Mom I I let you down And though you say the are happy Why is the power off, and I'm up? And mom, I he's not around But don't you place the on me As you pour another drink and
I we are who we are Headlights in the dark night, I drive on Maybe we this too far
I went in thinking about who what I said hurt, in what verse My mom got it the worst The of it, but as stubborn as we are Did I take it too out my closet and all them other songs But regardless I don't you 'cause ma! You're still beautiful to me, you're my mom Though far be it for you to be calling, my house was Desert Storm and of us put together Can form an bomb equivalent to chemical warfare And we can drag this on and on But, agree to That gift me up under the Christmas tree don't mean shit to me You're kicking me out? It's fifteen degrees and Christmas Eve (little prick just leave) Ma, let me grab my coat, anything to have each other's goats Why we always at each others Especially when dad, he fucked us both We're in the same fucking boat, you'd think that make us close (nope) Further away that drove us, but together headlights shine, a car full of Still got a ways to go, back to grandma's it's straight up the road And I was the man of the house, the oldest, so my shoulders carried the of the load Then got taken away by the state at eight years old, and That's I realized you were sick and it wasn't fixable or changeable And to this day we estranged and I hate it though, but
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the dark night I on we took this too far
'Cause to day we remain estranged and I hate it though 'Cause you ain't even get to your grand baby's growth But I'm sorry for 'Cleaning Out My Closet', at the time I was angry Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though, Now I know it's not your fault, and I'm not jokes That song I no longer at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio And I think of Nathan being placed in a And all the you fed us And how I just you to taste your own, but Now the taken over and your mental states deteriorating slow And I'm way too old to cry, that painful though But ma, I forgive you, so does yo All you did, all you said, you did your best to us both care, that cross you bare, few may be as heavy as yours But I you Debbie Mathers, oh what a tangled web we have, 'cause One thing I never asked was where the my deadbeat dad was Fuck it I guess he had trouble up with every address But I'd have flipped every mattress, every rock and cactus Own a collection of maps and my kids to the edge of the atlas Someone ever them from me? That you could bet your ass's If I had to come the chimney dressed as Santa, kidnap them And although one has met grandma Once you pulled up in our drive one night as we leaving to get some hamburgers Me, her and Nate, we you, hugged you And as you left I had this overwhelming come over me As we pulled off to go our paths, and I saw your as I looked back And I'm mad I didn't get the chance to thank you for my Mom and my Dad So Mom, please accept as a tribute I wrote this on the jet I I had to get this off my chest, I hope I get the chance to lay it before I'm dead The stewardess to fasten my seat belt, I guess we're crashing So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you get this message that I'll love you from afar 'Cause you're my
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the dark night I on we took this too far
I a new life One without a So I'm home tonight Well no matter what the And if the goes down Or if the can't wake me up Just know that I was And I was not to die
Oh even if there's to sing My children carry me Just know I'm alright I was not to die Because I put my faith in my new So I never say goodbye cruel know that I'm alright I am not to die
I we are who we are Headlights shining in the night I drive on Maybe we this too far, I want a new life