My Mom

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They got five televisions in a house built for three
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Look upon that fake fireplace
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You know the bucktoothed boy is me
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See that wood paneled room? That's where I learned to drink
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You see that hole in the wall? That was seagrams I think

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And that tree was a goal post
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That bathroom it was a shroud
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That closet it was a phone booth
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And that mirror it was a crowd
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See that guy with the bad knees
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And his heart on his sleeve?
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Watch him slip me ten dollars
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When it comes time to leave

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It's been five years and some change
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And this world is gettin' so strange
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But this house smells just the same
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And my mom
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My sweet mom
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She don't remember my name

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My mom
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She can't remember my name
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Not my mom

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I sit on her bed, and I kiss her right behind the ear
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She calls out for a dog that's been dead for a year
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I say "How is it going?" just like I didn't know
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I hold on to both of her hands too afraid to let her go
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And five times exactly, no more and no less
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She says "How you been eatin', boy?"
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And I say "Ok, I guess"
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In this room where she made me, each day she grows weak
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She flips on the Golden Girls
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And the first tear hits my cheek

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It's been five years and some change
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And this world is gettin' so strange
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But this house smells just the same
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And my mom
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My sweet mom
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She don't remember my name

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My mom
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Can't remember my name
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She's my mom now
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She can't remember my name
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My mom      can't remember my name
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My mom