mama

My mama always told me
Son, you'd best go easy down that road
And she said she was sorry
For all the times she couldn't save my soul

Shoulda listened to her words a little more
Before I packed up and I walked right out that door

Daddy always told me
Son, you'd better love the best you can
And don't look back and be sorry
These moments won't be comin' 'round again

But I feel like I could conquer the whole world
When I look up and see those three little girls

But I get lost, I can't find my way
All my pieces glued together for the world to see
Mistakes I've made, consumed by some
Till there's nothing left of me when all is said and done

Now a preacher man once told me
Son, I'm not so sure you can be saved
And he said: Life is full of choices
And he sees all the bad ones that you've made

And I said yeah, you're right, I'll probably go to hell
But goddamn all the stories I can tell

'Cause I'm so lost, I can't find my way
All my pieces glued together for the world to see
Mistakes I've made, consumed by some
Till there's nothing left of me when all is said and done

So my mama always told me
Son, you'd best go easy down that road