Every Mother's Son

[Verse] I was born with my hand in a fist And my eyes shut tight Any wonder that I cannot resist Punching blindly in a fight [Bridge] First time I saw swans Flying to the sun I wanted to be one [Chorus] Like every mother's son When I saw my life had begun I wanted to be someone Like my brother My one and only father And like every mother's son [Verse] I was raised within a cause With a purpose to fulfill I was taught to defend what was mine And instructed not to kill [Bridge] My small mortal eyes can see eternity In the clouds that dissolve And then regroup endlessly [Chorus] Like every mother's son When a man showed me how to use a gun I wished I'd never needed one Like my brother My one and only father And like every mother's son [Verse] Everything in domesticity Assumes its role better than me I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town [Chorus] Like every mother's son I've lost some and some I've won Now I'm waiting for a new dawn Like my brother My one and only father And like every mother's son Help