My Mom

They got five televisions

In a house full of three

Look up on that fake fireplace

You know the buck-toothed boy's me

See that wood panel room

That's where I learned to drink

See that hole in the wall

That was Seagram's I think

And that tree was a goalpost

That bathroom it was a shroud

That closet it was a phone booth

And that mirror it was a crowd

See the guy with the bad knees

And his heart on his sleeve

Watch him slip me ten dollars

When it comes time to leave

It's been five years and some change

And this world is gettin' so strange

But this house smells just the same

And my mom

My sweet mom

She don't remember my name

My mom

She can't remember my name

My mom

I sit on a bed

And I kiss her right behind the ear

She calls out for a dog

That's been dead for a year

I say "How is it going?"

Just like I didn't know

I hold onto both of her hands

Too afraid to let go

And five times exactly, no more and no less

She says "How you been eatin' boy?"

And I say "OK, I guess"

In this room where she made me

Each day she grows weak

She flips on the Golden Girls

And the first tear hits my cheek

It's been five years and some change

And this world is gettin' so strange

But this old house smells just the same

And my mom

My sweet mom

She don't remember my name

My mom

Can't remember my name

She's my mom now

She can't remember my name

My mom

Can't remember my name

My mom