The word you learn to love The disapproval that you hate

thats' Mother from Mother

they teach you to respect makes you always want to please

Mother Mother

The one who keeps you warm The one who keeps you warm

and shelters you from harm and shelters you from harm

watch out she'll stunt your mind She'll open up your mind

'til you emulate her kind to make you good and make you kind

Is that mother? Mother

Downstairs I don't know Downstairs I don't know

if it's the springs in her bed why i feel safe in my bed

or her joints i hear when i know i'm alone

creaking overhead she must be watching overhead

Mother Mother

She'll twist the words you speak She'll kiss and say goodbye

if she thinks you're near escape if you want to go away

Mother Mother

So she clutches at her brood So she gathers up her brood

and sits across its face and smiles into their face

she sucks up all its energy she beams down vital energy

and smothers their last breath she gave us our first breath

Oh Mother Mother

The thing you grow to hate The love you won't forget

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