Keeping up with last week’s theme of bad country songs, here is another.
Mother c. 1994
My mother’s happiness was locked in a jar
without it she couldn’t go far
The pills were like candy
she always had them handy
Til the day that they were gone
we never thought anything was wrong
She stole from Daddy
and then from me
soon we were out of money
Daddy worked from dawn til dusk
and I learned that mother’s pills were a must
Daddy begged her to stop
he pleaded each day
But Mama grew cold and faded away
Daddy drank to ease his pain
He messed with his life as it was a game
Daddy left after mama died
To God and myself I lied
Neither of them ever came back
too bad my life fell through the cracks
they saw their habits as a way of life
but it stabbed me like a knife
I turned to strangers and my life on the street
I did evil things to keep shoes on my feet
Til the day I met a man
I gave him my love and my hand
My life could have ended
Lord only knows how
But I thank you my mother for shutting me out.
Notes:
This is a great song to celebrate Mother’s Day. God this is shit.
danielle dreger 