Mother, where are you today?
You took a piece of me the day you went away
No recollection or the smell of your perfume
I took a piece of you the day I left the womb
(The day I left the womb)
Brother, put your needles down
The best thing for you is to leave this awful town
Pretty soon you'll have kids to feed
If you see mother, tell her I can sing
Please don't worry I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
The boys you left are men you didn't raise
And daddy, how are you today?
You must be proud of the boys that you have raised
Your withered heart, and everything its seen
Your cuts and calluses; you had kids to feed
(You had kids to feed)
Please don't worry I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
The boys you left are men you didn't raise
You took a piece of me the day you went away
No recollection or the smell of your perfume
I took a piece of you the day I left the womb
(The day I left the womb)
Brother, put your needles down
The best thing for you is to leave this awful town
Pretty soon you'll have kids to feed
If you see mother, tell her I can sing
Please don't worry I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
The boys you left are men you didn't raise
And daddy, how are you today?
You must be proud of the boys that you have raised
Your withered heart, and everything its seen
Your cuts and calluses; you had kids to feed
(You had kids to feed)
Please don't worry I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
The boys you left are men you didn't raise
Lyrics submitted by Heislegend
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I don't know if someone said this already but...
I always thought he said "If you see mother, tell her I can sing."
But maybe that's just me?
I think it pretty much is about a guy who's mom passed away, or left the family when he was a child. And ever since then his family is falling apart.
Like in:
"Mother, where are you today?" (She died, or left)
"Brother, put your needles down" (Family is falling apart)
"The boys you left are men you didn't raise" (She left them as children)
Amazing song.
-He's asking where she is...
You took a piece of me the day you went away
-She took a piece of his heart and his life when she moved out of the house
No recollection or the smell of your perfume
-Theres no trace of her anywhere
I took a piece of you the day I left the womb
-But also he took a piece of her life the day he was born
Brother, put your needles down
-He's telling his brother to stop doing drugs
The best thing for you is to leave this aweful town
-It's probably a bad town, poor, and he wants him to leave
Pretty soon, you'll have kids to feed
-It's his older brother and hes getting kind of old and will probably have kids someday
If you see mother, tell her I can sing
-Once big brother leaves he might go looking for mother, so tell her he can sing!
Please don't worry, I am doing fine
-He's trying to reassure her that they are doing fine without her
You're much too busy to even find the time
-Trying to make her feel bad my saying she was too busy to raise her own children
So use your give and go's and take this to your grave
-again trying to make her feel bad, so remember this until you die
The boys you left are men you didn't raise
-She left her children, and now the little babies she left are now men she never got to raise
And Daddy, how are you today?
-He's making his dad feel good
You must be proud of the boys you have raised
-He should be proud of the boys that he has raised
Your withered heart and everything it's seen
-Telling him he's getting pretty old
Your constant calices you had kids to feed
-At least he stayed with his kids, and used his money to feed them but mother did not have kids to feed
You had kids to feed
Please don't worry, I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your give and go's and take this to your grave
The boys you left are men you didn't raise
Mother, where are you today?
You took a piece of me the day you went away
No recollection or the smell of your perfume
I took a piece of you the day I left the womb
Brother, put your needles down
The best thing for you is to leave this aweful town
Pretty soon, you'll have kids to feed
If you see mother, tell her I can say
Please don't worry, I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
The boys you loved are men you didn't raise
And Daddy, how are you today?
You must be proud of the boys you have raised
Your withered heart and everything it's seen
Your constant calices ???
Please don't worry, I am doing fine
You're much too busy to even find the time
So use your chemicals and take this to your grave
The boys you loved are men you didn't raise
I don't know which is more right though... I guess we'll just have to wait until more people hear it
"your cuts and calices, you had kids to feed"?
that's what i'm thinkin.
"tell her I can sing"
i think that makes since..
I think yours is more correct cos the more ive heard it the more im singing those lyrics?
where you have the question mark it should be
Your constant calices you had kids to feed
The boys you left, or men you didnt raise.
should be
The boys you left, ARE men you didnt raise.