[00:18.88]I can live with the sky falling out from above
[00:24.33]I can live with your scorn,
[00:26.47]your sourness, your smug
[00:29.15]I can live growing old alone
[00:31.07]if push comes to shove
[00:33.28]But I can't live without my mother's love
[00:43.37]I can live flying round
[00:45.60]at an impossible pace
[00:48.33]I can live with the bad etiquette
[00:51.44]that's falling on this place
[00:53.32]I can live with anything
[00:55.06]you've got to throw in my face
[00:57.99]But I can't live without my mother's embrace
[01:09.35]My mother is seventy five
[01:13.21]She's the closest friend
[01:15.32]I have in my life
[01:18.97]Take her from me,
[01:20.92]I'll break down and bawl
[01:23.19]And wither away like old leaves in the fall
[01:33.12]You can be cruel all you want,
[01:36.33]talk bad on my brothers
[01:38.38]Shoot me full of holes and
[01:41.08]I won't by bothered
[01:42.90]Judge me for my ways
[01:44.67]and my slew of ex-lovers
[01:47.46]But don't ever dare say a bad word about my mother
[01:57.08]When she's gone I'll miss how slowly she walks
[02:02.38]Playing scrabble with the chimes of the grandfather clock
[02:06.98]I'll even miss the times that we fought
[02:11.98]But mostly I'll miss being able to call her and talk.
[02:21.45]I can live without watching the classic old fights
[02:26.35]I can live without a lover beside me at night
[02:31.26]I can live without what you might call a charmed life
[02:35.95]But I can't live without my mother providing her light
[02:46.97]My mother is seventy five
[02:50.71]One day she won't be here to hear me cry
[02:56.37]When the day comes for her to let go
[03:00.27]I'll die off like a lemon tree in the snow
[03:06.37]When the day comes for her to leave
[03:09.85]I won't have the courage to sort through her things
[03:15.89]With my sisters and all our memories
[03:19.89]I cannot bear all the pain it will bring
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