I Wish I Was Your Mother (Live)

by Alejandro Escovedo

From the album: Thirteen Years

Track 21 of 23 on Thirteen Years (1994).

Duration: 5:17

Thirteen Years cover art

Lyrics for I Wish I Was Your Mother (Live)

I scream at you for sharing I curse you just for caring I hate the clothes you're wearing, they're so pretty I tell you not to see me I tell you not to feel me I make your life a drag, it's such a pity I watch your warm glow palin' I watch your sparkle fadin' As you realize you're failin' cos' you're so good Oh, I don't mean to upset you But there's so much crime to get through If I could make it easier then I would I wish I was your mother, I wish I'd been your father And then I would have seen you, would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters and wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows, I might have felt a family for a while It's no use me pretending You give and I do the spending Is there a happy ending, I don't think so Cos' even if we make it I'll be too far out to take it You'll have to try and shake it from my head I wish I was your mother, I wish I'd been your father And then I would have seen you, would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters and wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows, I might have felt a family for a while

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  14. The End
  15. Thirteen Years Theme (D)
  16. Thirteen Years (Instrumental Mixes)
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  18. She Towers Above (Instrumental Mixes)
  19. Tell Me Why (Instrumental Mixes)
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  21. I Wish I Was Your Mother (Live)
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