I'm A Mother

The Pretenders · Original Album Series [2010]

I'm a mother, treat me like a mother

You want to suck on my breast, I'm so surprised you do

I'm the source and the force to your life too, brother

Oh, oh, oh, I'm a mother and I take like a mother



I understand blood and I understand pain

There can be no life without it never doubt it

I'm a mother



I gave you all my money to help the family

But what you do to me don't humiliate me

Remember, I'm a life long member

Oh, oh, oh, I'm a mother, treat me like a mother



In the middle of the night I be deep in a dream

You fancy your company you only have to scream loud, brother

Oh, oh, oh I'm a mother and I fake like a mother



I understand time and it isn't on my side

But to service mankind I have to suffer his pride

Like a mother



Oh, oh, oh



You say your protection is proof of your affection

If I need security, I'll keep a gun on me

Don't, don't barter with me, don't barter with me



Little sacrifices, go straight to heaven

But hunting season's over, this is the 20th century

Oh, don't barter with me

Oh, oh, oh, I'm a mother and I ache like a mother



If there is a terrible crash and bodies strewn everywhere

I'll wrap them up and carry them, if someone has to bury them brother

Oh, oh, they call us mother, oww



I'm the vessel of life I got the trauma here to prove it

When it's time for me to labor for you everybody move it

Like a mother



Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh