i m crying mother s tears

Grace Jones

Bathed in the water she ran every morning
Smacked in the bed she turned down every night
I m strong in food she prepared for me
Now I m all grown up

Heating my hands on the very cold days
Drenched in the rain almost every school game
And in the middle of a scare, she s there
To wake me up

I m strong enough, I m tough enough
I m full enough, I m crying my mother s tears
I m warm enough, I ve played enough
Loved enough, I m crying my mother s tears

Treating my cuts with her own remedies
Combing my hair while she covered my knees
And sent me books I was forbidden to read
Educating me

I was there by her side when my grandmother died
Her weakness is strength, she s unable to cry
And lover s tears fell from father s eyes
She was all cried out

I m strong enough, I m tough enough
Slept enough, I m crying my mother s tears
I m well enough, I ve read enough
I ve loved enough, I m crying my mother s tears

Cause I m doing my best
To keep her living the rest

I m trying (you cry every night until dawn)
To stay awake (don t make me regret you were born)
I m falling in (your faces are covered in red)
I m having public display (and your mother don t have the last word)

Crashing (I m coming from the rain)
To the thunder (and don t let me hear you complain)
Scattering myself (tell me nothing s real)
Over the floor (you can feel my pain)

Little memories of our past
Remind me of how I used to make her mad
I m crying, I m crying

I m strong enough, I m tough enough
Full enough, I m crying my mother s tears
She shed enough, she s pled enough
Well enough, I m crying my mother s tears

I m strong enough, I m tough enough
I m brave enough to face my mother s fears