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A Life Of Her Own Lyrics
She sits alone in the kitchen
With her memories and photographs
f all the better times she's had
She was young, the days seemed short
So much to do, so little time
But now the days just seem to pass her by
So she cries, she takes a pill
And then another, calls her mother
Mother, can you baby-sit tonight?
The children scream her husband doesn't care
So many times she's wished she wasn't there
In the morning, does the washing up
The fish and chips the children left
She scrapes away into the bin
Four o'clock, they're home from school
They scream and shout her life they rule
She dreams of holidays and better things
So she cries, she takes a pill
And then another, calls her mother
Mother, can you baby-sit tonight?
She wishes she was alone
That she could have a life of her own
So she sits alone in the park
She wishes she could run away
But deep inside she knows she never will
She dreams of living in the country
With a garden full of daffodils
For now, a box on the window sill
So she cries, she takes a pill
And then another, calls her mother
Mother, can you baby-sit tonight?
She wishes she was alone
She could have a life of her own
She could have a life of her own
With her memories and photographs
f all the better times she's had
She was young, the days seemed short
So much to do, so little time
But now the days just seem to pass her by
And then another, calls her mother
Mother, can you baby-sit tonight?
So many times she's wished she wasn't there
The fish and chips the children left
She scrapes away into the bin
Four o'clock, they're home from school
They scream and shout her life they rule
She dreams of holidays and better things
And then another, calls her mother
Mother, can you baby-sit tonight?
That she could have a life of her own
She wishes she could run away
But deep inside she knows she never will
She dreams of living in the country
With a garden full of daffodils
For now, a box on the window sill
And then another, calls her mother
Mother, can you baby-sit tonight?
She could have a life of her own
She could have a life of her own
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the Dog That Ate... On Oct 02, 2006
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Sad tender song... The lyrics are not very subtle, their meaning quite obvious, but it's so rare to hear this kind of words in the mouth of a man... It's so true, the words are very simple, and consequently so close to reality. When I first heard it, I instantly thought of all those young women I've seen in my life, that switched from "girls" to "mothers" (sometimes, they're "girls mothers" like Morrissey would say...), and have done it just "too much too soon" or "too much too young", as you want. A life lost : the sort of thing you can read on their faces Please, excuse me there are some errors in the lyrics, cause I'm French and I did the best that I could