Mother Dear Lyrics - Equinox - Styx

Lonely feelings in the city 

One room flat with crumbling walls 

Sirens play a distant melody 

Neon shadows paint the halls 

In the thirteen months I've spent here 

With my manuscript and rhymes 

I've paid in cash for foolish pleasures 

Mother dear you'd call them crimes 

Raise the roof 

Light the lite 

Mother dear I'm returning tonight 

Now I see 

Your concern 

Mother dear how you taught me to learn 

I been a Roman for survival 

Showing two sides of my face 

I need the comfort of your wisdom 

I'm coming home to your embrace 

If by chance I pass before you 

Don't discount my gratitude 

You're responsible for me here 

And of course my attitude 

Raise the roof 

Light the lite 

Mother dear I'm returning tonight 

Now I see 

Your concern 

Mother dear how you taught me to learn 

Stayin' up half the night 

Wonderin' if what I'm doin' is right 

Raise the roof 

Light the lite 

Mother dear I'm returning tonight