Lyrics

[Verse 1] It was her, she was the one Who told me to try to run away To the city where the lights are twinkling all night long And there's money in the streets when you're young But it was easy for her to say For she was not my mother [Verse 2] So I packed my bags so tight And I left my friends on a warm August night And the wind was in my hair as the buildings swayed And she told me the world would be mine someday If I trusted her to lead the way But it was easy for her to say For she was not my mother [Bridge] And you, you know who you are You mistreated me You stepped on my favorite guitar Now I watch from afar As you follow that fading star Oh, it revealed so many things Like just exactly who you are [Verse 3] When I came back home I came alone And I had so many stories to tell And she told me no one was listening And I should throw all my work away And my heart filled with dismay But it was easy for her to say For she was not my mother [Verse 4] And when she finally left, she left me The only thing she could A statuette with a heart made out of wood And I keep it on my piano And it listens as I play And sometimes I hear between the notes Words of judgement and decay But then they just fade away And they were easy for her to say For she was not my mother