Tell me Mother please tell me why
I was not enough
I should have been sun and moon-stars in the sky
Please Mother tell me why?
Away at work and at play
Horses shows, is there no time today?
Lego castles, I have built and worlds created
Mother won’t you play, I made a world for us
Away at work and at play
Locked in your room with MaryJane today
Mother can you sit and talk for a while?
I met someone today, I want to share my smile
She has listened to me talk, shared my hopes and dreams
But just like you I know that soon
Nothing is what it seems
I will sit alone with boxes and clothes
Empty memories and rooms
Mother please
Tell me why I’m not enough?
I work all night, no play
Home every day to sit and laugh and play
Sharing with my little ones their hopes and dreams
Fantasies
Oh Mother dear
I pity you
You missed the chance
And now it’s gone
Away
Away
To wherever you went with drugs or
Someone else, that ship has sailed
That bird has flown
Yet I know
I am enough!