Mama Shelter - Heather Woods Broderick

my baby brother’s city crawling

gonna stake his own

my mama shelter’s cross the country

saying babes come on home

my father’s counting a fortune

more than he’s ever known

the eyes that blamed the distance of the ocean

stopped saying honey come ah come on

the pressure lies within the pride that’s losing some

the time i spend on other lives becomes less fun

i thank the luck i’ve always had in starting up

but i got half a mind to move away and give it up

got some loving arms holding me tight

some right that came from some wrong

your smoking eyes put a worry in me

i’d like to see you feel at home

got a letter from beautiful sara

saying she’s feeling awfully down

moving around from place to place

chin up while she’s saving face

but i don’t like the thought of her walking around the city crying

the pressure lies within the pride that’s losing some

the time i spend on other lives becomes less fun

i thank the luck i’ve always had in starting up

but i got half a mind to move away and give it up