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Mother And Father

Madonna

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Mother And Father

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There was a time I was happy in my lifeThere was time I believed I'd live foreverThere was a time that I prayed to Jesus ChristThere was a time I had amotherIt was niceNobody else would ever take theplace of youNobody else could do the thingsthat you could doNo one else I guess could hurt me like you didI didn't understandI was just a kidOh mother why aren't you here with meNo one else saw the things that you could seeI'm trying hard to dry my tearsYes father you know I'm not sofreeI got to give it upFind someone to love meI got to let it goFind someone that I cancare forI got to give it upFind someone to love meI got to let it goFind someone that I cancare forThere was a time I was happy in my lifeThere was time I believed I'd live foreverThere was a time that I prayed to Jesus ChristThere was a time I had amotherIt was niceOh mother why aren't you here with meNo one else saw the things that you could seeI'm trying hard to dry my tearsYes father you know I'm not sofreeI got to give it upFind someone to love meI got to let it goFind someone that I cancare forI got to give it upFind someone to love meI got to let it goFind someone that Ican care forMy mother died when I wasfiveAnd all I did was sit and cryI cried and cried and cried all dayUntil the neighbours went awayThey couldn't take my lonelinessI couldn't take their phoninessMy father had to go to workI used to think he was a jerkI didn't know his heartwas brokenAnd not another word was spokenHe became a shadow ofThe father I was dreaming ofI made a vow that I would never need another person everTurned my heart into a cage a victim of a kind of rageI gotta give it upI gotta give it upI gotta give it upI've got to give it upFind someone to love meI've got to let it goFind someone thatI can care forI got to give it upFind someone to love meI got to let it goFind someone that I cancare forFind someone that I cancare forFind someone that I cancare forI got to give it upI got to give it upI got to give it upI got to give it upI got to give it upI got to give it upI got to let it goI got to give it upOh motherOh fatherI got to give it upI gotta give it upI gotta give it upI gotta give it upI gotta give it upI gotta give it upI gotta give it up

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