Lucinda Williams - Mama You Sweet lyrics

I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet
I love you, Mama you sweet

With an ocean in my spirit
And cracks on my lips and scars in my heart
And this burden on my hips
Ocean becomes heavy and tries
To push it's way out
Through these ancient eyes
And the memories in my mouth

Ocean becomes tears that ebb and flow
Over the lines in my face
And the pain in my soul

And pain hit's a wall
And doesn't know which way to go
And ocean says I'm crying now
And tells pain to follow

And pain courses through
Every vein, every limb
Trying to find a way out
Between the secrets in my skin

And secrets hold on
Until they finally give in
And they meet up with ocean and tears again

And tears hand me a shovel
Saying break beneath the crust
That binds earthly skin
And buries all the trust
Somehow trust was caught
Between the cracks on my lips
And the scars in my heart
And this burden on my hips

I love you, Mama you sweet