Mom you always said: "I'd pay for my raising",
How right you were, I see my son doing things I did.
Yea, He's just like me, thinks he's gotta be like the rest.
Mom you always said: "I'd understand when I became a parent",
How right you were, I understand exactly what you meant.
I always knew you were doing things for my on good. But
as a child I needed to learn on my own.
Mom you always said: "Do as you say do, not as you do",
How right you were, two wrongs sure don't make it right.
Yea, I've told my children that a few times to.
Mom you always said: "I'm doing the best I can, raising you children",
How right you were, I think you did a great job.
Yea, I look back and see , just how hard it is being a single parent.
Mom you always said: "you weren't perfect",
How right you were, none of us are perfect.
but, I see now, we try to be, all we want is the best for our children .
Mom you always said: "I try to give you the things I never had",
but as children, we always want more, why's that.
I give my children the best I can, but they're never satisfied.
Mom do you remember, the night that someone called
you at 2:00 am, and told you, "your son is dead on the side of the highway.
Yes, I sure do remember it well, that's the night something told my brother
to get out of that car. He had a guardian angel waching over him.
Mom do you remember, the night you caught me drinking,
I see now the hurt and pain I put you through.
Yea, my son, put me through it to, and I thought about
the night you got the call.
Mom, I sure hope that angel is watching over my son.
I see how you felt, I understand now, why you were the way you were,
you thought the next time he might not be so lucky and would end up dead
like his other friends.
Mom, I see now, all the worry you went through,
when we weren't home. I do the same now. I worry from the time
they leave till they get back home.
Mom, thanks for all you've done for me, I'm not
perfect, but I've grown up.
~ Jill Moody~
copyright 1998
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