The Mother

Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind You tethered to another, and you're worried all the time You always knew the melody, but you never heard it rhyme She's fair, and she is quiet, Lord, she doesn't look like me She made me love the morning, she's a holiday at sea The New York streets are as busy as they always used to be But I am the mother of Evangeline The first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep She broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep She filled my life with color, cancelled plans and trashed my car But none of that is ever who we are Outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow I'll hold you while you're sleeping, and I wish that I could go All my rowdy friends around, accomplishing their dreams But I am the mother of Evangeline And they've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time And they still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and the wine Oh, but all the wonders I have seen, I will see a second time From inside of the ages through your eyes You are not an accident where no one thought it through The world has stood against us, made us mean to fight for you And when we chose your name, we knew that you'd fight the power too You're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me I'll never hit the big time without you So, they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine 'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline They can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine 'Cause I am the mother of Evangeline Ooh, ooh Ooh