Sun Kil Moon Oh My Mother
[Verse 1]
Oh my mother
I can't wait to see you
This February I'm flying off
Provided the snowstorms in Ohio let us
I'll be coming up from New Orleans
[Verse 2]
Oh my mother
I love you and miss you
I miss talking in your living room
By your courtyard, watching the bluejays
And the sparrows dancing round the birdfeeder
[Verse 3]
Oh my mother
Gotta thank you for taking me
To Los Angeles when I was a kid
And opening my eyes to hummingbirds and chameleons
And the Pacific Ocean
[Verse 4]
Oh my mother
I can't wait to thank you
For opening my ears
To David Bowie's “Changes”
“Somebody up There Likes Me”
“Golden Years”
And helping me buy my wine rack's last part
[Verse 5]
Oh my mother
I need to thank you
For driving me to guitar lessons
Over the damn town of Canton
I remember the Christmas decorations along the way
[Verse 6]
Then December, John Lennon passed away
My teacher was so distraught
He said “I'm much too shaken up, Mark”
“We're gonna spend your lesson watching the news
And paying respect to John Lennon”
[Instrumental Chorus]
[Verse 7]
Oh my mother
I remember walking with you
In New Orleans, on Royal Street
And taking a ride that [?]
For [?] at your mom's
[Verse 8]
Oh my mother
I remember that Christmas with you
Cleaning fish in Mendocino
Drinking coffee and making cioppino
And collecting sea glass at Fort Bragg
[Verse 9]
Oh my mother
I remember driving with you
Through the mounds of Gold Country, California
And antique shopping
And taking photos of the American River
[Verse 10]
Oh my mother
I'm sorry
For the hell I put you through
For stealing the dime your father gave you
And making you cry
[Verse 11]
Oh my mother
I can't thank you enough
For taking care of my sister and I
When I was outta town half of the time
Where you got your strength is beyond me
[Verse 12]
Oh my mother
I can't wait to see you
Once again this winter
In your home by the Tuscarawas river
Put my arms around you and kiss your cheek
[Verse 13]
Oh my mother
Sorry for not visiting more often
You know I've been travelling
And that my work takes me so far from Akron
Thank you for being so supportive and understanding
[Instrumental Chorus]
