Not My Mother

[Verse 1]
It was her, she was the one
Who told me to try to run away
To the city where the lights are twinkling all night long
And there's money in the streets when you're young
But it was easy for her to say
For she was not my mother

[Verse 2]
So I packed my bags so tight
And I left my friends on a warm August night
And the wind was in my hair as the buildings swayed
And she told me the world would be mine someday
If I trusted her to lead the way
But it was easy for her to say
For she was not my mother

[Bridge]
And you, you know who you are
You mistreated me
You stepped on my favorite guitar
Now I watch from afar
As you follow that fading star
Oh, it revealed so many things
Like just exactly who you are

[Verse 3]
When I came back home I came alone
And I had so many stories to tell
And she told me no one was listening
And I should throw all my work away
And my heart filled with dismay
But it was easy for her to say
For she was not my mother

[Verse 4]
And when she finally left, she left me
The only thing she could
A statuette with a heart made out of wood
And I keep it on my piano
And it listens as I play
And sometimes I hear between the notes
Words of judgement and decay
But then they just fade away
And they were easy for her to say
For she was not my mother