Thank you Mom for being so screwed up
Maybe you gave me the edge that I need
'Cause when I'm down I pick myself right up
I'm stronger than you ever thought you could be
Thank you Mom for being so truthful
You knew you were too gone to keep it well hid
So admit you're crazy, tell me you love me
Hope that gets through to a six-year-old kid

On the days you felt too ugly to go outside
Call it your prison and send me to school
With a can of tuna, three bags of corn chips
Call it lunch and hope I was fooled
And after school I'd follow you round the house
Turning off stove burners you'd left to flame
Asking you to watch some cartoons with me
Wondering why you were crying again

On the days your lipstick went on straight
Making it up to me, laughing all day
The greatest jokes, all the best dress up clothes
Dad he seemed boring and silent and straight
There were all those bills so dad stayed away at work
Pay the psychiatrist, pay for the maid
He'd watch us funny when he got home at night
Making sure we'd made it through one more day

Thank you Mom for leaving when I was young
If you had stuck around it could have gone bad
Thanks for going before I'd seen there was something wrong in
Constantly zooming from giddy to sad
Thank you Mom for being kind of magical
For being so funny for doing your best
I turned out okay, I wish that you knew that
Wish you had stayed to see all of the rest