Is it too much to ask
To watch these two boys grow up strong
And to die old in their arms?
I did not make this mess
But I’ll clean it up like any other
I’m a mother after all
(chorus:)
Oh, I’ll do my best
It’s all that I can do anyway
If I take my rest too soon
It will not be for lack of fighting
The doctor said six weeks
That just shows he don’t know a goddamn thing
Shows he don’t know me
Surrender's for the weak
And even if I have to go
I’ll show these boys how to walk tall
In this world and the next
(chorus)
I cannot give in, oh no
Even if it might be my time to go, oh yeah
Even if I cannot rise up from this bed
I will not take this lying down
Today I woke up sick
I could not recognize my own two eyes in the mirror
Looking back at me
But their gaze is still the same
They do not look down
Do not look away
‘Cause it don’t matter how I feel
I will get up, I will make breakfast for my boys
And I’ll see they eat it all
We will laugh and we will roll and wrestle on this kitchen floor
(chorus)
So tell them I did not give in, oh no |
