Song for Mother

She said I ain't gonna go there You never know what's in store You lose a part of yourself Every time you open the door Every time you open the door She said you wouldn't understand You haven't lived the life I lived They can take whatever they want away from you Until there's nothn' left to give Until there's nothn' left to give Oh my boy was just a child When they stole his life from me It's more than I can care to bare Did you watch it on TV? Oh, Did you watch it on tv? It's all that I can think about Those 30 second clips that feed the churn It's all that I can think about What good can come from this now? You live but you don't learn You live but you don't learn And I could tell you a thousand stories About the way he looked at dawn Oh what good could come from this now? My boy he is gone Oh, my boy he is gone