I Wish I Was Your Mother-Alejandro Escovedo

[ti:I Wish I Was Your Mother] [ar:Alejandro Escovedo] [al:Gravity] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Wish I Was Your Mother - Alejandro Escovedo [00:36.54]I scream at you for sharing [00:39.62] [00:41.94]I curse you just for caring [00:44.42] [00:46.59]I hate the clothes you're wearing they're so pretty [00:51.99] [00:55.00]And I tell you not to see me [00:58.40] [01:01.00]I tell you not to feel me [01:03.65] [01:05.69]I make your life a drag it's such a pity [01:10.69] [01:13.57]And I watch your warm glow palin' [01:17.49] [01:19.13]I watch your sparkle palin' [01:21.80] [01:23.62]Perui know would you failin' cause you're so good [01:29.28] [01:32.34]And I don't mean to upset you [01:36.09] [01:37.58]So much crime to get through [01:42.91]If I could make it easier then I would [01:46.91] [01:51.22]I wish I was your mother wish I was your father [01:58.60] [02:00.83]And then I might have seen you [02:03.63] [02:04.44]Might have been you as a child [02:08.19] [02:08.91]Played houses with your sisters and wrestled with all your brothers [02:16.65] [02:18.94]And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while [02:26.47] [03:05.11]There's no use me pretending [03:07.69] [03:10.23]You give and I do the spending [03:13.37] [03:14.87]Is there a happy ending I don't think so [03:19.90] [03:23.56]For even if we make it [03:26.32] [03:28.38]Too far out to take it [03:31.00] [03:33.47]You'll have to shake it from my head [03:37.76] [03:41.51]I wish I was your mother wish I was your father [03:49.05] [03:51.24]Then I might have seen you [03:54.04] [03:54.59]Might have been you as a child [03:57.91] [03:59.40]Played houses with your sisters and wrestled with all your brothers [04:07.46] [04:09.29]And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while