[00:21.48]I remember the pain in my mother's eyes,
[00:23.98]I remember the pain of her compromise years ago.
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[00:31.67]I always wanted to help to make it go away,
[00:34.10]I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so.
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[00:41.60]And she said to me, she said to me:
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[00:53.04]He hitch-hiked to Maine,
[00:55.60]We went cross-country.
[00:56.48]I had to leave my home,
[01:00.97]I had to raise a family
[01:03.29]We did the best we could being so young,
[01:08.48]We tried to hard to build a happy home.
[01:15.48]I never knew what to say to anybody,
[01:17.92]I didn't know what to do, I was far too young.
[01:25.91]But everybody could feel the suffocation,
[01:28.29]Underneath for facade of a happy home.
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[01:35.54]And she said to me, she said to me:
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[01:47.17]Chorus
[01:47.85]Home sweet freedom, flowing in my eyes, Home sweet freedom,
[01:54.37]flowing in my mind.
[01:58.06]Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood,
[01:59.49]Waiting and waiting to be understood fully.
[02:01.93]Sacrificed her years to the family,
[02:04.87]Waiting and waiting to be heard finally.
[02:06.68]And she said to me, she said to me...