Jenny Youngman - Motherless Daughter Lyrics

She was a force
She was a world that you live in
She was fierce with love and judgment
She was loyal to the end
She did not pretend
You knew right where you stood
You knew when things were good
You knew when they were broken
Then you knew to make amends
Sometimes you'd have to bend
All I ever wanted was
To love my mother well
And I tried really hard until I lost her
The memories of that woman
Well up in my like the rising water
But now I am a motherless daughter
A good meal was her melody
And the table was her song
Extravagance and scarcity
The dance that went along
Her family ties were so strong
All I ever wanted was
To love my mother well
And I tried really hard until I lost her
The memories of that woman
Well up in my like the rising water
But now I am a motherless daughter
All the struggles, all the grace
Turned to wisdom
In the lines there on her face
I wish I could have said
Well done before she left the earth
Wish I'd told her one more time
That I loved her, how I loved her
All I ever wanted was
To love my mother well
And I tried really hard until I lost her
The memories of that woman
Well up in my like the rising water, oooh
But now I am a motherless daughter