my mother

well you always had my back

and every time i'd fall

from busted knees

to broken hearts

well

we'd been through it all

you made me walk the line

every time i'm coming off the track

my mother has always been my better half

to my first shoe you tied

to my first night in jail

you walked me through hand in hand

through the rainbows and the hell

they say i've got your eyes

i say i've got more than that

my mother's always been my better half

slow down the drinking

and lay down those cigarettes

better start thinking

about those things you will regret

find a good woman

and maybe get lucky like your dad

my mother's always been my better half

you bought me my guitar

for better grades in school

and i took it off to college

then i took it for a tool

now the name that you gave

is now my autograph

my mother's always been my autograph

slow down the drinking

and lay down those cigarettes

better start thinking

about those things you will regret

find a good woman

and maybe get lucky like your dad

my mother's always been my better half

my mother's always been my better half