The Mother

Album: By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
Play Video
  • Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind
    You're tethered to another and you're worried all the time
    You always knew the melody but you never heard it rhyme

    She's fair and she is quiet, Lord, she doesn't look like me
    She made me love the morning, she's a holiday at sea
    The New York streets are busy as they always used to be
    But I am the mother of Evangeline

    The first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep
    She broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep
    She filled my life with color, canceled plans, and trashed my car
    But none of that was ever who we are

    Outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow
    I'll hold you while you're sleeping and I wish that I could go
    All my rowdy friends are out accomplishing their dreams
    But I am the mother of Evangeline

    And they've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time
    And they still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and the wine
    Oh, but all the wonders I have seen, I will see a second time
    From inside of the ages through your eyes

    You are not an accident where no one thought it through
    The world has stood against us, made us mean to fight for you
    And when we chose your name we knew that you'd fight the power too

    You're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me
    Oh, I'll never hit the big time without you
    So they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine
    'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline

    They can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine
    'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline
    Ooh
    Ooh
    Ooh Writer/s: Brandi M. Carlile, Phillip John Hanseroth, Timothy Jay Hanseroth
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Ltd
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Yacht Rock Quiz

Yacht Rock QuizFact or Fiction

Christopher Cross with Deep Purple? Kenny Loggins in Caddyshack? A Fact or Fiction all about yacht rock and those who made it.

Dean Friedman - "Ariel"

Dean Friedman - "Ariel"They're Playing My Song

Dean's saga began with "Ariel," a song about falling in love with a Jewish girl from New Jersey.

Concert Disasters

Concert DisastersFact or Fiction

Ozzy biting a dove? Alice Cooper causing mayhem with a chicken? Creed so bad they were sued? See if you can spot the real concert mishaps.

Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root

Michael Glabicki of Rusted RootSongwriter Interviews

Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.

Kevin Godley

Kevin GodleySongwriter Interviews

Kevin Godley talks about directing classic videos for The Police, U2 and Duran Duran, and discusses song and videos he made with 10cc and Godley & Creme.

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in Songs

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in SongsSong Writing

Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.