Oh Mother Songtext
von Sam Smith

You remind me of my mother′s greatest fear, mm-hm
Gave her life for my protection
Through the years, for my tears
Then you came along and tore it down
With your deception, you let me drown
And all the tears my mother saved
Hit me like a wave, mm-hm

(Oh) oh, yeah

Hold me with a woman's scorn
She would move a mountain for me
Cross the driest desert for her child
Like a hurricane
Her pain would rip the roots out from the ground


Oh, sing for me
What you holdin′ on to? (Sing fir me)
Love must come and find you (love must come)
Keep your head up, baby (keep your head)
I will hold you steady
And oh, it hit me like a wave
I have been betrayed
Sing to me, girl

Mother's calling (ooh, oh)
(Ooh, oh) whoa
(Ooh, oh) sing
(Ooh, oh)
Mother's calling (ooh, oh)
Sing for me (ooh, oh)

Baby, I know he cut you bad (he did)
You can run away and say what you had (I can′t run no more)
Maybe there′s a way you can let him stay (no)
Boys stay boys, but they can change (he's no man of mine)
He give you sunshine on your face (no)
This is real life, God knows love ain′t perfect
I know love ain't perfect, trust me, mother


Mother, I don′t know where to start
If I stay, will it break my heart?
Maybe there's still time to explain
But I′m too tied up in my pain now
I start to sweat, it's hard to breathe
I cry for help, but you can't hear any faster
Any faster

Sing for me
What you holdin′ on to? (Sing for me)
Love must come and find you (mother′s calling)
Keep your head up, baby (keep my head)
I will hold you steady (hold me steady)
What you holdin' on to? (I′m so happy, mother)
Love must come and find you (hold me steady)
Keep your head up, baby (oh)
I will hold you steady

And oh, it hit me like a wave
I have been betrayed

Mm-hm
I need your protection
I need your protection (you have my protection)
You do (have my protection)
Come on, give me your protection
(You have my protection)
Mm, I need your protection (you have my protection)
You, you