I Wish I Was Your Mother

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  I scream at you for sharing
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  'n I curse you just for caring
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  I hate the clothes you're 
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wearing, they're so pretty
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  'n I tell to not to see me
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  'n I tell you not to feel me
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  'n I make your life a drag, it's
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 such a pity

  'n I watch your warm glow palin'
  'n I watch your sparkle fadin'
  As you realise you're failin', cos
 you're so good
  Now I don't mean to upset you
  But there's so much crime to get 
through
  If only I could make it easier, 
then I would

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  Oh I wish I was your mother
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  I wish I'd been your father
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  'n then I would have seen you
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  Would have been you as a child
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  Played houses with your sisters
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  And wrestled with all your 
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brothers
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  And then who knows
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  I might have felt a family for a 
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while

  It's no use me pretendin'
  You give and I do the spendin'
  Is there a happy ending, I don't 
think so
  Cos even if we make it
  I'll be too far out to take it
  You'll have to try and shake it 
from my head

  Oooooh I wish I was your mother
  I wish I'd been your father
  'n then I would have seen you
  Would have been you as a child
  Played houses with your sister
  And wrestled with all your 
brothers
  And then who knows
  I might have felt a family for a 
while