Margaret – Edie Carey – letras

Hearing her voiceWas like hearing the futureSo I covered my ears’Cause I didn’t want to hear herAnd just the same her wordsCome spilling out of my mouthLooking at her is likeLooking in the mirrorSo I closed my eyes’Cause I didn’t want to see herAnd just the sameMy body moves with hersYou see I wanted to go down where the water would wash it awayWhere I could make my own tracksYou are your mother’s daughter they say and I sayTell me something I don’t knowSee she’d done some thingsI didn’t want to repeatSo I thought if I closed her outI’d come away cleanSo I told her my worriesThat I’d marry twiceAnd never learn to love rightAnd she said what you have learned from me is your self respectWhat I hope you’ve learned is when to leave a burning buildingYou see I wanted to go down where the water would wash it awayWhere I could make my own tracksYou are your mother’s daughter they say and I sayTell me something I don’t knowSo the card said’I have news for youYou aren’t me and I’m not youJust ’cause we lose thingsAnd we tell the truthIt doesn’t mean anything’Cause above allYou have always been you’Now I only hopeThat one day I can fill her shoesAnd I’ll be who I’ll beBy using her toolsShe knew what would hurt her so she chose to move onLife is too short, she said, to love Mr. WrongHe’s wrongShe wanted to go down where the water would wash it awayWhere she could makeHer own tracksYou are your mother’s daughter they say and I sayNow I say, I say thank you