I Wish I Was Your Mother

I scream at you for sharing I curse you just for caring I hate the clothes you're wearing They're so pretty I tell you not to see me I tell you not to feel me I make your life a drag It's such a pity I watch your warm glow paling I watch your sparkle fading You realize you're tailing 'Cause you're so good I don't mean to upset you But there's so much crying to get through If only I could make it easier Then I would I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would've seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while It's no use me pretending You give and I do all the spending Is there a happy ending? I don't think so 'Cause even if we make it I'll be too far out to take it You'll have to try and shake it Through my head I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father And then I would've seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sisters And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while