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I can live with the sky falling out from above |
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I can live with your scorn, |
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your sourness, your smug |
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I can live growing old alone |
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if push comes to shove |
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But I can't live without my mother's love |
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I can live flying round |
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at an impossible pace |
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I can live with the bad etiquette |
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that's falling on this place |
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I can live with anything |
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you've got to throw in my face |
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But I can't live without my mother's embrace |
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My mother is seventy five |
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She's the closest friend |
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I have in my life |
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Take her from me, |
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I'll break down and bawl |
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And wither away like old leaves in the fall |
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You can be cruel all you want, |
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talk bad on my brothers |
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Shoot me full of holes and |
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I won't by bothered |
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Judge me for my ways |
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and my slew of ex-lovers |
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But don't ever dare say a bad word about my mother |
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When she's gone I'll miss how slowly she walks |
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Playing scrabble with the chimes of the grandfather clock |
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I'll even miss the times that we fought |
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But mostly I'll miss being able to call her and talk. |
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I can live without watching the classic old fights |
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I can live without a lover beside me at night |
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I can live without what you might call a charmed life |
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But I can't live without my mother providing her light |
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My mother is seventy five |
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One day she won't be here to hear me cry |
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When the day comes for her to let go |
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I'll die off like a lemon tree in the snow |
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When the day comes for her to leave |
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I won't have the courage to sort through her things |
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With my sisters and all our memories |
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I cannot bear all the pain it will bring |
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