MOTHER BROUGHT HIM IN THE WORLD AND GENTLY SLAMMED THE DOOR
PUMPED HIM FULL OF VALIUM AND SENT HIM OFF TO WAR
TAUGHT HIM HOW TO SAY HIS PRAYERS AND HOW TO SHOOT A GUN
TAUGHT HIM HOW TO BE POLITE AND PISS ON EVERYONE
chorus
mother where are your children now?
mother where are your children now?
mother where are your children now?
mother where are your children now?
are they lying in the trenches with the blood and guts and gore?
i can see your children lying bleeding on the floor
are they lying in the trenches with the blood and guts and gore?
i can see your children lying bleeding on the floor
THE PINK AND RED WHEELBARROW CAM SQUEAKING DOWN THE ROAD
KNOCKED ON MOTHER'SWOODEN DOOR BEFORE IT SHED IT'S LOAD
HER BABY SON WAS JUST A TREMBLING PILE OF SKIN AND BONES
THEY LOCKED HIM IN THE CELLAR ONCE MORE HE WAS ALONE
chorus
SHE MURDERED HIM WITH POISON LOVE AND MORAL SENSE OF PRIDE
HIS FACE IT SCREAMED AND STUMPS THEY BLED UNTIL HE FINALLY DIED
CROCODILE TEARS DID FLOW AND FLOW AS FUNERAL DAY APPEARED
YOU WERE THE LOVING MOTHER BUT YOU NEVER REALLY CARED
