The Mother Lyrics - Brandi Carlile

Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind 

Tethered to another and you're worried all the time 

You always knew the melody but you never heard it rhyme 

She's fair and she is quiet, Lord, she doesn't look like me 

She made me love the morning, she's a holiday at sea 

The New York streets are as busy as they always used to be 

But I am the mother of Evangeline 

The first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep 

She broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep 

She filled my life with color, cancelled plans and trashed my car 

But none of that is ever who we are 

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Outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow 

I hold you while you're sleeping and I wish that I could go 

All my rowdy friends around accomplishing their dreams 

But I am the mother of Evangeline 

They've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time 

They still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and their wine 

Oh but all the wonders I have seen I will see a second time 

From inside of the ages through your eyes 

You were not an accident where no one thought it through 

The world has stood against us, made us mean to fight for you 

And when we chose your name we knew that you'd fight the power, too 

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You're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me 

I would never hit the big time without you 

So they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine 

Cause I am the mother of Evangeline 

They can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine 

Cause I am the mother of Evangeline 

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