5 Reasons

High on our chairs at the kitchen counter

I ask you some questions to mother from daughter

ask her, "Why does passion die?"

"And why do we voluntarily ask for love if it just rolls by?"

We never talk, you're scared of my probing

but you're older and wiser

so I just keep hoping the truth will come out

I'm ready to hear it all now

Please tell me 5 things that made you stay

then tell me 5 of your greatest mistakes

I'm feeling doubtful and I need new faith

that only a mother could give me

That only a daughter could take

at first you lie it's become second nature

to protect me from horrible truths that would make you seem

weak and afraid

but i know about the sacrifice you've made

you say darling it's weak

my mind's become useless

I'm old and I'm tired, and all of this talking

is futile at most

You'll learn for yourself how life goes

But I'll tell you one thing, your dad used to say

I'll give you one scene I hold to this day

Your father held my hand

he said, "I know we're not perfect, but I love you, I love you anyway."

Now I've got some things to make me brave

Now I've got one thing my mom used to say

It wasn't quite science, and a far cry from fact

but she loved me, at least I know that