Detours

Mother can you hold me together.
It's so dark and I'm losing my way
took all of these detours to find love
and when I did it just faded away.

Now what do I do with this sweet love of mine
do I give it away, and hope someday I'll find
someone half as awake as the moon and the stars.
Mother teach me to love with a paper-thin heart.

Mother your words are so soothing
you speak of love and of life and of peace.
But I made it my course to avoid you
just to hide from these feelings of grief.

Now what do I do with this sweet love of mine
do I give it away, and hope someday I'll find
someone half as awake as the moon and the stars.
Mother teach me to love with a paper-thin heart.

What I do with this sweet love of mine
do I give it away, and hope someday I'll find
someone half as awake as the moon and the stars.
Mother teach me to love with a paper-thin heart.

Mother I know you were with me
you were there when I took my first breath.
You can stop looking back for the answers.
I just keep coming up with regret
'cuz there are some things I just can't forget!