Where will I bethe day I need you for my own/who will I be
when I can't reach you on the phone/will I still be the same
will I still feel this pain/will you still be mother
when you're dead & gone/all alone - on my own

Finally me/without the mountains or the sea
Lord, what is to be/why do my past just have to leave
I always loved your soul/I know I've been much too cold
we've had times of trouble/that were never told
when is it too late to say/that I loved you anyway
will I still be proud/when you're dead & gone
all alone - on my own

Oh mother can't you see/that this fight is all about me
why can't you understand/that I'm a child
and a grown up woman/mother can't you see
that this fight is all about me/you think that I'm wild
but I'm a woman and still a child/disappointed and proud
I wish I dared to scream out loud/we've been the same
God give me words so I can explain/don't say I never tried
don't ever say I lied/will I still be something
when you're dead & gone/please try to ease my pain
so I can feel again/say you always loved me
before you're dead & gone/all alone - on my own

But finally you won't be no other/than my mother