Mama told me they were criminals,
I shouldn't pay em any mind.
I never wanted to be cynical, should have known,
Better than to think it a lie.
Back when I was just a little bo',
She'd a worry all the time,
So afraid that I'd be typical then I'd go,
Making my way to the dark side of life.
She was singing, she was singing, she was singing...
You better sing like no ones home
Love like it can't go wrong
And let the music make you move it like we ain't watching.
Mama watched me like a prisoner,
She pay attention like a guard.
I should have been a better listener but i preferred diggin my way out the yard.
I was thinking like an amateur,
I never made it very far.
She took me down like a sabotaur then I learned
Never to stray from the right side of war.
She was singing, she was singing, she was singing...
You better sing like no ones home
Love like it can't go wrong
And let the music make you move it like we ain't watching.
Mama I wanna be a king, ruler of all these things.
She told me power's never all it seems, but still I wanna sing.
And still I wanna see my name shine in stadium lights, bright, they light up the night so my haters could see me at the top whenever they do the final tally. And I'll take the long road, y'all can have the alley. And she was singing the same song, "You better stay strong and you better play on like we ain't watching."
You better sing like no ones home
Love like it can't go wrong
And let the music make you move it like we ain't watching.
credits
from Heavyweight,
released May 27, 2016
Written by Dave Moisan / Neil Degraide / Jeff Stephens
Produced by Neil Degraide
Recorded at Bitter Blood Studios in Louisville, KY
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