Mother Says by Lizzy Hardingham

 

My mother sang us folk songs when we were young

Leant against the radiator

And I stood so small next to her guitar and I wanted to play like her

And when the time came that I was just big enough

She handed me my greatest source of love

 

My mother sang us folk songs with six strings and the truth

And something in me began to stir

I can’t remember learning to sing but I know I learnt it from her

She was always patient as she helped us to grow

And now she comes to almost every show

 

Now I play when I can’t find the words

One more song will make sense of the hurt

 

My mother sang us folk songs and taught us how to love

It took me time to understand

A song and a story might help you see yourself

And rearrange the life that you had planned

Loving is like music - it doesn’t care who plays

And my mother taught us it’ll be okay