Mama You Sweet — Lucinda Williams

I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet I love you, Mama you sweet

With an ocean in my spirit And cracks on my lips And scars in my heart And this burden on my hips

Ocean becomes heavy and tries To push its way out Through these ancient eyes And the memories in my mouth

Ocean becomes tears That ebb and flow Over the lines in my face And the pain in my soul

And pain hits a wall And doesn't know which way to go And ocean says I'm crying now And tells pain to follow

And pain courses through Every vein, every limb Trying to find a way out Between the secrets in my skin

And secrets hold on Until they finally give in And they meet up with ocean And tears again

And tears hand me a shovel Saying break beneath the crust That binds earthly skin And buries all the trust

Somehow trust was caught Between the cracks on my lips And the scars in my heart And this burden on my hips

I love you, Mama you sweet...