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Mindless Child Of Motherhood Lyrics
I’ve been traveling a long time
To be just where you are
In dreams I have seen you
But you are so very far
How long must I travel on
To be just where you are
How long must I travel on
To be just where you are
I was your friend
I was a fool
I feel for you, though we’re far apart
I see your face
Lost without trace
I see your mind, just an empty space
Mindless child of motherhood
You have lost the thing that’s good
Mindless child of motherhood
You have lost the thing that’s good
I know that it’s not fair
To bare a bastard son
But why do you hide there
When we could have shared a love
How long must I travel on
To be just where you are
How long must I travel on
To be just where you are
I was your friend
I was a fool
I feel for you, though we’re far apart
I see your face
Lost without trace
I see your mind, just an empty space
Mindless child of motherhood
You have lost the thing that’s good
Mindless child of motherhood
You have lost the thing that’s good
To me
To be just where you are
In dreams I have seen you
But you are so very far
To be just where you are
How long must I travel on
To be just where you are
I was a fool
I feel for you, though we’re far apart
I see your face
Lost without trace
I see your mind, just an empty space
You have lost the thing that’s good
Mindless child of motherhood
You have lost the thing that’s good
To bare a bastard son
But why do you hide there
When we could have shared a love
To be just where you are
How long must I travel on
To be just where you are
I was a fool
I feel for you, though we’re far apart
I see your face
Lost without trace
I see your mind, just an empty space
You have lost the thing that’s good
Mindless child of motherhood
You have lost the thing that’s good
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I thinks it's Dave being horrible to some girl he got pregnant, saying that's she's no fun anymore, now that she's had his kid.
I could be totally wrong, but that's what it sounds like to me. This song needs a much better production - it's a good song, but it sounds terrible.
I always interpreted this song as the son of an unwed mother begging for the love and attention his mother has denied him because he's abastard child.
the bbc sessions version is cool
It's about Dave's lost childhood lover. Both their parents kept them away from eachother when she got pregnant. Now, they are grown up, but she is hiding herself and their son away from him, he does not know why.
Why he was a fool - might be he's playboy attitude, might be his foolish heart when young, only he knows.