wake me up Lyrics

it had been just them since he was 4 years old

when his daddy got sick and left them both

his mama heard but for a while she tried

but as the years went by life took its toll

she gave in to grief and must control

and she would need to drink just to survive

he would sit there at night

and watch her drink away her life

wishing he could take away her pain

but he was too young to know how to help save her

and so when she passed out he would pray

Mama just wake up wake up

cause I need you to know I love you so

and I'm not strong enough to do

this all on my own be who I need you to be

Mama please wake up for me

one day when he came home

school bus dropped him at the end of the road

but Mama wasn't there to pick him up

blue lights flashing outside the house next door

neighbor came running out

from the moment his whole world turned upside down

and as he stood there beside a coffin

he broke down and cried

scared of what would happen to him now

he so wished to hear her say

that everything would be okay

and so he prayed that she could still hear him somehow

Mama just wake up wake up

cause I need you to know I love you so

and I'm not strong enough to do

this all on my own

be who I need you to be

Mama please wake up for me

oh please wake up wake up

and as he lays here tonight

he finally gets why

Mama tried to drown out the world

cause there's nothing in this life

worth the pain he feels inside

and so he shuts his eyes and he prays

don't let me wake up wake up

cause I need you to know I love you so

and I'm not strong enough to do this all on my own

why couldn't you be there for me

at least you can be with me in my dreams