Detours

[Verse 1]

Mother, can you hold me together?

It's so dark and I'm losin' my way

I took all of these detours to find love

But when I did, it just faded away

[Chorus]

Now what do I do with this sweet love of mine?

Do I give it away and hope someday I'll find

Someone half as awake as the moon and the stars?

Mother, teach me to love with a paper-thin heart

[Verse 2]

Mother, your words are so healing

You speak of love and of light and of peace

But I've made it my course to avoid you

Just to hide from these feelings of grief

[Chorus]

Now what do I do with this sweet love of mine?

Do I give it away and hope someday I'll find

Someone half as awake as the moon and the stars?

Mother, teach me to love with a paper-thin heart

Now what do I do with this sweet love of mine?

Do I give it away and hope someday I'll find

Someone half as awake as the moon and the stars?

Mother, teach me to love with a paper-thin heart

[Outro]

Mother, I know you are with me

You were there when I took my first breath

I can't stop looking back for the answers

I just keep coming up with regret

There are some things I just can't forget