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

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