I'm a Mother - The Pretenders

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 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 lifelong member

Oh 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

You say your protection is proof of your affection

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

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

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