Mother & Father Lyrics by Madonna

Mother & Father

There was a time I was happy in my life
There was a time I believed Id live forever
There was a time I prayed to jesus christ
There was a time I had a mother
It was nice

Nobody else would ever take the place of you
Nobody else could do the things that you could do
No one else I guess could hurt me like you did
I didnt understand, I was just a kid

Bridge:

Oh mother, why arent you here with me
No one else saw the things that you could see
Im trying hard to dry my tears
Yes father, you know Im not so free

[chorus]

Ive got to give it up
Find someone to love me
Ive got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for
Ive got to give it up
Find someone to love me
Ive got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for

There was a time I was happy in my life
There was a time I believed Id live forever
There was a time I prayed to jesus christ
There was a time I had a mother
It was nice

[bridge]
[chorus]

My mother died when I was five
And all I did was sit and cry
I cried and cried and cried all day
Until the neighbors went away

They couldnt take my loneliness
I couldnt take their phoniness
My father had to go to work
I used to think he was a jerk

I didnt know his heart was broken
And not another word was spoken
He became a shadow of
The father I was dreaming of

I made a vow that I would never need
Another person ever
Turned my heart into a cage
A victim of a kind of rage

I gotta give it up
[repeat twice]

[chorus]

Find someone that I can care for
Find someone that I can care for

Ive got to give it up
[repeat five times]

Ive got to let it go
Ive got to give it up
Oh mother, oh father
Ive got to give it up

I gotta give it up
[repeat six times]