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SHE LOVED WORLD
AND EVERYBODY IN IT
SHE WOULD CALL YOU FRIEND IN LESS THAN A MINUTE
ALWAYS MAKING MUSIC ALWAYS SINGING SONGS
SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS ALL YEAR LONG

SHE WAS EVERYBODY'S MAMA PUTTING THEM FIRST
SHE ALWAYS MADE THINGS BETTER
WHILE SHE WAS GETTING WORSE HIDING THE TRUTH
WITH EVERY EMBRACE

TINY BUT MIGHTY PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE
WHEN SOMEONE ASKED HER NAME SHE’D SAY LOIS
LIKE LOIS LANE
HER STERLING MOONS
AND TURQUOISE RINGS

LIME GREEN BOOTS PEARLS ON STRINGS WRAPPED IN ALL
ALL HER PRETTY THINGS AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS HIDING IN THE WINGS

SHE KEPT A SECRET YOU JUST CAN’T HIDE SHE
LET THAT SICKNESS EAT HER UP INSIDE NO TIME FOR TEARS THAT DAY WILL COME TO DRAW THE BOW TO BEAT THE DRUM SHE WILL FLY AWAY WHEN THIS LIFE IS WON

SHE USED TO SAY DON’T BE LIKE ME
BUT SHE IS ALL I WANNA BE
SO IN THE STILLNESS
I REACH OUT
AND SHE’S THERE WITH AN ANSWER

MAMA ALWAYS KNOWS BEST FUCK CANCER

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from SW​:​S October 2021, Boulder Crest VA, released November 6, 2021
Erika Emmons and Terry Radigan
October 2021 SW:S PATHH Boulder Crest Virginia

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