Iris DeMent - Letter To Mom Lyrics
I wrote my mother yesterday 'cause I had some things that I had to sayand I know that when she reads them she's gonna cryBut in the end I hope she seesthat I'm just trying to break free'cause I've been walking 'round with secrets now, too longBack when I was barely ten Mom brought home a new boyfriendand I know that times were bad and he made her feel goodbut one night he climbed into my bedand he left me wishing I was deadand I've been walking 'round with secrets now, too longYou say I'm digging up the past and it's not wise to go backbut for me it's just as close as yesterdayand I'm not the kind for breaking rulesand I'm not wanting to be cruelI've just been walking 'round with secrets now, too longAll my life I've felt ashamed, 'cause I thought I was the one to blameand I vowed to God that no one else would ever knowhow he crushed my childish prideand left me tears that never driedand I've been walking 'round with secrets now, too longYou say I'm digging up the past and it's not wise to go backbut for me it's just as close as yesterdayand I'm not the kind for breaking rulesand I'm not wanting to be cruelI've just been walking 'round with secrets now, too longand I've just been walking 'round with secrets now, too long
