Mothers Lament Lyrics

There's a baby growing inside of me

And I don't know who I am anymore

Am I the girl I used to be so careless and free

Or a woman with the world in her belly

Oh they told me it'll be heaven

Yes they tell me it'll be hell

Oh they say a lot of things and I'm sure they mean well

But when you're in my arms oh everything will change

Cause you'll have my eyes and his last name

There's a baby staring back at me

And I wonder if he see's all my flaws

Like when I cry when we're alone in this prison we call home

Or a mother who's his whole world

Yes they told me it'll be heaven

Yes they tell me it'll be hell

Oh they say a lot of things and I'm sure they mean well

But when you're in my arms oh everything changed

Cause you have my eyes and his last name

Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh

There goes my baby driving away from me

And I don't know who I am anymore

A mother for eighteen years now an empty nest of tears

I wouldn't change it for the world if I could

Yes they told me it'll be heaven

Yes they tell me it'll be hell

Oh they said a lot of things and I'm sure the meant well

But when you left my arms oh everything changed

But you'll have my eyes and his last name

Ohh Ohh Ohh Ohh

When you left my arms oh everything did change

But you'll still have my eyes and his last name