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You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home

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You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home Lyrics

In the talking garden many pretty things grow
I think you want me to be your garden gnome
You want me to be your plastic flamingo
You are not my mother and I want to go home
You are not my mother and I want to go home

This is not the planet I was meant to be on
I try to leave but there is no room to roam
I turn around too fast and this world is gone
You are not my mother and I want to go home
You are not my mother and I want to go home

I wish I could travel back in time to before
I ever met you, when things were what they were
Before I ever opened that little door
I want to go home and you are not my mother
You are not my mother and I want to go home

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delial On Aug 20, 2011

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2011-08-20 04:25:55

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