Your Mother and I (by Loudon Wainwright III)


Intro:
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Your Mother & I are living apart
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I know that seems stupid, but we weren't very smart
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You'll stay with her, I'll visit you
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At Christmas, on weekends, the summertime too

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Your Mother & I are not getting along
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Somehow somewhere something went wrong
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Everything changes, time takes its toll
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Your folks fell in love, loves a very deep hole

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Your Mother & I will do all we can do
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To work this thing out and to take care of you
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Families get broken, I know it's a shame
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It's nobody's fault and you're not to blame

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Your Mother & I are both feeling bad
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Things will get better, it won't stay this sad
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And I hope when you grow up, one day you'll see
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Your parents are people, that's all we can be

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Your Mother & I