George Michael - My Mother Had A Brother Lyrics
My mother had a brotherThey say that I was born on the day that he diedSomeone to cling to, she saidWhen all the noises and the shame came callingMy mother had a brotherI thought I knew them all, I thought I knewBut she liedI said, “Show me his face again, tell me again why he died”She said he couldn't wait for the things that I've seenShe said he wasn't strong enough, he never dared to dream a life like mineMy mother had a brotherOver-sensitive and kindSeems it all became too much for him..It seems he took his own lifeMum, I can't imagine the joy and pain in equal measureTears in the dirt, and all over your newborn treasureI guess he had to wait until my momma had meI guess he couldn't wait another moment to be freeIn endless sky…..But mama will you tell him from your boyThe times they changedI guess the world was getting warmerAnd we got strongerMother will you tell him about my joyI live each day for himThe sun came out, yeah, and I'm just breathing it in(breathing…)My mother had a brotherSame desire, different timeSeems the empty spaces tortured himUntil he took his own lifeI don't know why I waited so long for loveI just don't know what I was thinking of..All that wasted timeBut mama will you tell him from your boyThe times they changedI guess the world was getting warmerWhile we got strongerMother will you tell him about my joyI live each day with himYour son came out, yeah,And I'm still breathing it inAnd I swear now that freedom is hereI'm gonna taste it all for you boyI'm bad to the bone, I'm just a little tornI'm making so much loveSo those of us who have nothing to fearWe've got to make damn sure that it was worth itI'm bad to the bone, I'm just a little stonedI'm making so much loveI was a prisoner, but he saved meBroke into my dreams and said, “Who cares?”I was a prisoner, so disgrace meI'm glad to be homeAnd I don't believe they care.
