
Date of issue: 17.09.2020
Song language: English
Silver |
Look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
Consider it a crown the holiest may wear |
It ain’t easy raisin' babies when they grow like ragged weeds |
It’s a miracle she carried any shred of sanity |
But she read her stories and forgot the glory of a multitude of saints |
With her mother with, and her medicine, and her absent vanity |
Look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
Consider it a crown the holiest may wear |
Behold the mark of her wisdom, make it your daily prayer |
To look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
On the western side of the highway, near the feet of Tennessee |
A woman like a pistol and half my family tree |
When the circle grew by more than two, the sawmill could not buy |
Everything you need with four mouths to feed, why, you’re barely gettin' by |
Look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
Consider it a crown the holiest may wear |
Behold the mark of her wisdom, the sign of trouble fair |
To look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
Last night in my slumber came the matriarchs I miss |
They said, «Do you wanna be anointed with age’s lasting kiss?» |
They’re pulling out a token of the life you’ve fully lived |
This core we share, unbroken, to you we freely give |
Awoken in the morning, arisen from my bed |
I found upon my pillow a single shining thread (Two, three, four) |
Look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
Consider it a crown the holiest may wear |
Behold the mark of her wisdom, make it your daily prayer |
To look upon your mother and the silver in her hair |
Her hair, in her hair |
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