I Wish I Was Your Mother

I curse you just for caring

I hate the clothes you're wearing

They're so pretty

I tell you not to see me

I tell you not to feel me

I make your life a drag

It's such a pity

I watch your warm glow paling

I watch your sparkle fading

You realize you're tailing

'Cause you're so good

I don't mean to upset you

But there's so much crying to get through

If only I could make it easier

Then I would

I wish I was your mother

I wish I'd been your father

And then I would've seen you

Would have been you as a child

Played houses with your sisters

And wrestled with your brothers

And then who knows

I might have felt a family for a while

It's no use me pretending

You give and I do all the spending

Is there a happy ending?

I don't think so

'Cause even if we make it

I'll be too far out to take it

You'll have to try and shake it

Through my head

I wish I was your mother

I wish I'd been your father

And then I would've seen you

Would have been you as a child

Played houses with your sisters

And wrestled with all your brothers

And then who knows

I might have felt a family for a while