It was a long time ago
Yet it remains inside
A long time I forgot
Even longer that I've cried

It was you choice to go
I couldn't make stay
Your heart was no longer was true
I wish it hadn't turned out that way

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Mother, oh mother, why did you go?
And leave me, to cry, your name all alone?
Mother, my mother, I still hear your voice
When you, left me, before I was born

Mother, oh mother, it was not my fault
It was, you choice, to go
Mother, sweet mother, I still mourn for you
Please, hear me, and come on home

Why did you have to run?

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I went to find you
To see how you were
Just to find out that
You had another little girl

I wanted to forgive you
I wanted to say 'It's all okay'
But in the end
I just ran away

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Mother,oh mother, why did you go?
And leave me, to cry, your name all alone?
Mother, my mother, I still hear voice
When you, left me, before I was born

Mother, oh mother, it was not my fault
It was, your choice, to go
Mother, sweet mother, I still mourn for you
Please, hear me, and come on home

Why did you have to run?

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And now I know the truth
No secrets remain
I wish I had given up
But I found you instead

Now I'm, broken
My heart is torn
Between the life I want
And the one that she bore

{Chorus}

Mother, oh mother, why did you go?
And leave me, to cry, your name all alone?
Mother, my mother, I still hear your voice
When you, left me, before I was born

Mother, oh mother, it was not my fault
It was, your choice, to go
Mother, sweet mother, I still mourn for you
Please, hear me, and come home

Why did you run?

{Chorus End}

Mother, why didn't you stay?