My Mother's Shame (5:32)

My Mother's Shame

David Starr
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970.640.8088

Songwriter, Publishing & PRO:
David Starr / David Starr Music / ASCAP

Well, it never paid to get too close
They say you hurt the ones that you love the most
See, forgiveness never found this place
And I was to born run a losing race

I carry the weight of the **** son
In a Model T Ford with a loaded gun
I know peace will never come my way
Until I reach my dying day

If I disappear for weeks on end
Don’t bother asking where I’ve been
It’s my cross to bear to carry this broken name
And share my mother’s shame

We’re just blood and guts and self-concern
And it seems to me we will never learn
As if those of us misunderstood
Are somehow bound to do no good

So you can make your plans and cry for me
But I won’t be there at the hangin’ tree
I’ll be runnin’ fast on the whiskey road
Chasin’ down another midnight load

If I disappear from ‘round this place
Don’t mourn for me or plead my case
It’s my cross to bear carry this broken name
To share my mother’s shame
If I disappear for weeks on end
Don’t bother asking where I’ve been
It’s my cross to bear to carry this broken name
And share my mother’s shame