Mother (Don't Cry)

[Verse 1]

I tell myself that nothing's changed

The clocks they turn back the dead

[Pre-Chorus]

You're outside, I'm inside all alone

The faces obscured by the window

[Chorus]

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

Smoke rings, cigs on the porch

They won't let me out

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

[Verse 2]

Workin' the nightshift and the daytime

The months go by seven, eight, nine

[Pre-Chorus]

You're outside, I'm inside all alone

The faces obscured by the window

[Chorus]

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

Smoke rings, cigs on the porch

They won't let me out

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

[Bridge]

Untie your tongue when I'm caught

While the party still goes on

You'll be there and I'll be gone

Don't you wait for me too long

Don't you wait for me too long

[Chorus]

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

Mother, don't cry, don't cry

Smoke rings, cigs on the porch

They won't let me out

Mother, don't cry, don't cry