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THE LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME
Sharika Blockett / Terry Radigan

I was a secret
Spoken of in whispers
Left to wonder
Wonder why

Why they looked at me
With such hatred
So much hatred
In their eyes

Cause I was just a child
Looking for love
In all the right places
Just the wrong time
I wanted to belong
I wanted to believe
All those lies
My mother told me

But those skeletons in her closet
Wrapped in barbed wire
Rust over time

And you can’t keep
Something in darkness
Where the light
Was meant to shine

I was just a child
Looking for love
In all the right places
Just the wrong time
I wanted to belong
I wanted to believe
All those lies
My mother told me

Those lies
Saved my life
Those lies
Put me in his hands
Those lies
Showed me who and showed what I am

Just a child
Looking for love
Oh and family ain’t always blood
I know where I belong
I know what I believe
I know the truth
Behind the lies my mother told me
I know the truth
Behind the lies my mother told me

© 2021 SongwritingWith:Soldiers Music (ASCAP) /
Catherine The Great (ASCAP)

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from SW​:​S July 2021, Evins Mill, TN, released August 6, 2021

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