My mother told me, before she passed away Said son when I'm gone don't forget to pray 'Cause there'll be hard times, hard times, oh yeah Who knows better than I? Well, I soon found out, just what she meant When I had to pawn my clothes, just to pay my

And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me I told her someday if she was my girl, I could change the world With my little songs, I was wrong But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully And who knows maybe on some

Running through the fields of sorrow When I get out of here Will I leave you behind? I found that the years passed despite And I can see you Yes I can see you When you get out of here When you leave me behind She told me why

Met her in the A, told her where I be I just wanna see, she just want the D Miss me with the friend zone, ooh Miss me with the friend zone, ooh (friend zone) Miss me with the friend zone (friend), ooh Met her in the A, told her where I be (yeah) Right

Just be as you are Be as you are, be as, be as you are But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother And I know that she gon' understand And she told me, young man There are moments when you fall to the ground But you are stronger than you feel you are

What tonight looks like Yeah, what my baby told me Oh, what my baby told me She said "I likes my big daddy, but I'm crazy about his Pontiac" We gon' drive out on the highway, turn the bright lights on Oh, driving on the highway, and he cut the bright

So tell me now If this ain't love then how do we get out? Because I don't know That's when she said I don't hate you boy I just want to save you while there's still something left to save That's when I told her I love you girl But I'm not the answer for

Cool down the space for me little woman You're coming in to fast for me That's not how it should be She keep on trying be she can't And so she do it how she want And so I told her: Went to a dance last Saturday night I was feeling tipsy, the mood was

Don't fuck with my love I don't wanna know that, babe That heart is so cold All over my home I told her she knows Take aim and reload I met this girl late last year She said, "Don't you worry if I disappear" I told her, "I'm not really looking for

My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my I told you to be patient I told you to be fine I told you to be balanced I told you to be kind Come on skinny love just last the year Pour a little salt we were never here Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer I