Looking For Something

Now the dirt is washed away

And all alibis are out

And the hands that used to heal me, only curse me now

The echoes of a woman, so kind

Rain like waterfalls and ice cream on my worried mind

I lay there in a puddle of myself

Fishing for a brand new wish from that bucket down the well

And in her colors, I find my faith

'Cause I remember every word that lady used to say

She said, "Hearts can't break themselves"

Looking for something, leavin' with nothin'

But souls can save themselves

Learnin' to fly, sweet mother of mine

Be a long way home without you

It's just a long way home without you, yeah, yeah

And that's my mother, like no other

Made me human, made me brother

Hands would swell and they would blister

For my sake and my sisters

The guardian of my karma

Keep my feet on terra firma

And then release me like a scion to the sky

She said that hearts can't break themselves

Looking for something, leavin' with nothin'

But souls can save themselves

Learnin' to fly, sweet mother of mine, yeah, yeah

Gets hard to tell sometimes

Sister, you've some hungry eyes

Can bite back, you hypnotized

Smiling faces in disguise

Bite back, you're hypnotized

Keep goin' against the grain

And soon that's all, soon that's all you'll know

Soon that's all you'll know

And let's get this straight

Sometimes you'll rise, and there's times you'll fall

After all, you're just blood and bones

And you don't owe no one nothin'

No, you don't owe no one

So don't live like one price is right

'Cause there's some things in your life that you can't fight

She said that hearts can't break themselves

Looking for something, wind up with nothin'

But souls can save themselves

Learnin' to fly, sweet mother of mine

Of mine

She said, "Hearts can't break themselves"

Looking for something, leavin' with nothin'

But souls can save themselves

Learnin' to fly, learnin' to fly

She said that souls can save themselves

Learnin' to fly, learnin' to fly

Oh, souls can save themselves

Learnin' to fly, learnin' to fly

No, mama, how I love you

Learnin' to fly, learnin' to fly

No, mama, how I love you

Learnin' to fly, sweet mother of mine

Be a long way home without you

Mother of mine

Mother of mine