Steady

(альбом: When We Stay Alive - 2020)

Now I know I'm grown cuz I'm all alone
Don't got no one to call to drive me home
Cuz I'm home, my babes are in bed
Honey gonna sleep it off when he's dead
I do it for them, I do it all cuz I can

Now we sit on the stoop and we look ahead, "hey boy"
Baby you'll follow, maybe you could lead 'em like the rest
Now we're blowing bubbles and chasing birds
Singing so sweet and laughing into the world
Baby make me better before I break you under my...

Back in the day momma held me steady
Steady
Back in the day momma held me steady
I don't feel that steady
Back in the day momma held me steady
Steady
Back in the day momma...

It's hard to see how living is easy
The higher you fly the harder you fall
You won't always feel this way
One day you're dead and what more can I say
It's hard to see how living is easy

Then I'd take a moment to see myself, "hey girl"
It wasn't even a mirror but some quote
Left high upon the shelf
Telling me I'm cruel and weak as hell
I can't control you or myself
Sorry's getting old, it's getting stale, don't do me well

Back in the day momma held me steady
Steady
Back in the day momma held me steady
I don't feel that steady
Back in the day momma held me steady
Steady
Back in the day momma...
I don't feel that steady
Back in the day momma held me steady