My Mother

Well you always had my back
 And every time I'd fall
 From busted knees
 To broken hearts
 Well, we'd been through it all
 You made me walk the line
 Every time I'm coming off the track
 My mother has always been my better half
 To my first shoe you tied
 To my first night in jail
 You walked me through hand in hand
 Through the rainbows
 Through the hell
 They say I've got your eyes
 I say I've got more than that
 My mother's always been my better half
 Slow down the drinking
 And lay down those cigarettes
 Better start thinking
 About those things you will regret
 FInd a good woman
 And maybe get lucky like your dad
 My mother's always been my better half
 You bought me my guitar
 For better grades in school
 And I took it off to college
 Then I took it for a tool
 Now the name that you gave
 Is now my autograph
 My mother's always been my autograph
 Slow down the drinking
 And lay down those cigarettes
 Better start thinking
 About those things you will regret
 FInd a good woman
 And maybe get lucky like your dad
 My mother's always been my better half
 My mother's always been my better half