MAMA!

MAW

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING U SHOULD HAVE ALLREADY KNEW
THERIS NO ONE QUITE LIKE YOU MOTHER
YES THAT WEE WOMAN WHO GAVE BIRTH TO YOU
SHE'S WORTH MORE THAN A FATHER, SISTER AND BROTHER
WHETHER YOU KNOW HER AS MA, MAW OR MAMA
WHEN SHE LEAVES SOME SAY YOU WILL MISS HER
AFTER ALL SHE MISSES HER MAMA, YOUR NANA
I SAY YOU WILL CRY HER A RIVER


YOU SEE MY MAMA IS EVERYTHING TO ME
AS STRONG AS AN OX BUT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER
ITS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE DONT SEE
MY MEMORIES ARE BULIT ON TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER
I KNOW SOME WILL SAY I AM COPYING PAC'S DEAR MAMA
BUT MY MAW HASNT LONG LEFT AND ASKED ME TO WRITE ONE BETWEEN HER AND ME
I'M NOT MUCH OF A POET, I KNOW IT
BUT AS I STRUGGLE WITH MY RYTHM, A TEAR DROPS TO MY KNEE


DONT LET ME MAKE THIS SAD THOUGH LIKE THE LIFE SHE KNEW
SHE HAS HAD TOO MUCH PAIN ALLREADY ANYHOW
THE STORY'S MY MAW COULD TELL YOU
I SWEAR YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE THEM AT ALL
SOME ARE STRANGE, SOME ARE FUNNY AND SOME ARE SAD HAS HELL
FROM HER DAD AND BROTHER KILLING THEMSELVES THROUGH REGRET
SHE ALWAYS SAYS SHE COULD WRITE A BOOK, A TALL TALE
TO HER SISTERS PRETENDING THEY WILL GIVE A GUY SOME THEN STEALING HIS CIGARETTES.


GOD CAN THAT WOMEN FIGHT THOUGH
WHAT MY WEE MAMMY WHO USED TO SIT ME ON HER KNEE
YEP, I HAVE SEEN HER FIGHT FAMILY, MEN AND SIX POLICE
SHE HAS BEEN LOCKED UP, ONCE THEY THREW AWAY THE KEY
THAT'S NOT VERY LADYLIKE SOME SAY,
SHE SAYS, ANYBODY TRY'S TO HURTS ME OR MY FAMILY, THEY BETTER GO THROUGH HER
SHE'S SOMETIMES HARD TO BE PAITIENT WAY
U SEE, A SIMPLE STORY TO HER IS LIKE A FUCKING NOVELL TO U OR ME


THERE'S NOTHING MUCH MORE I CAN SAY
DONT WANT TO GET TOO SENTEMENTIAL, DONT WANT MY FREINDS CALLING ME A FAIRY
THAT’S THE WAY IN GLASGOW AS MEN
A MAN IS MAN AND SO ARE MOST OF THE WOMEN
U KNOW I HAVE AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE U MA
TELL DAVIE TO STOP HIS LAUGHING
IF U GET UP THEIR WITH THE REST FIRST
SAVE ME A PLACE NEXT TO YOU, THE BEST FREIND I EVER KNEW