Just Wanted to Make Mother Proud - Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

I couldn’t catch my breath, layin there

Fading in and out, and I can remember Mother tellin me

«Home is where the heart is», but my heart has long been black

Comin to the end of my road, but I never wanted it like this, not like this

Lookin over where they lay my mother, and louder and louder I screamed her name

But she wouldn’t say anything

This way all too familiar, but I’ve never been on this side of things

Memories of my brothers racing through my mind

And soon I know we’ll all be together again

The sound of gunfire, so loud and rapid, but it seemed to be so quiet around me

And out of nowhere, I feel a peace cover me

I reach down to re-load my ticket home

The taste of cold steel on my lips, and a second later

Silence fills the January air

They carried us off, and laid us in the city, to let the public see of our

defeat

But we still live on, we live on

Years may pass, but the story will be told

Of Mother Maylene, and us, her Sons of Disaster