Every Mother's Son

I was born with my hand in a fist

And my eyes shut tight

Any wonder that I cannot resist

Punchin' blindly, in a fight

First time I saw swans flyin' to the sun

I wanted to be one



Every mother's son

When I saw my life had begun

I wanted to be someone



Like my brother, my one and only father

And like every mother's son



I was raised within' a cause

With a purpose to fulfill

I was taught to defend what was mine

And instructed, not to kill

(My small mortal eyes can see eternity)

My small mortal eyes can see eternity

In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly



Like every mother's son

When a man showed me how to use a gun

I wished I'd never needed one



Like my brother, my one and only father

And like every mother's son



Everything in domesticity

Assumes it's role other than me

Displaced persons whose culture let me down

I raised my own daughters in a pornographic town

(I raised my own daughters in a pornographic town)



Like every mother's son

I've lost some and some I've won

(Now I'm waiting for a new dawn)

Now I'm waiting for a new dawn



Like my brother, my one and only father

And like every mother's son