Mother

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
		Bobber	April 11, 2012
	This is a beautiful song. Much is commented about John's pain in this album, but this is the only song in this album which sound genuinely painful and not just petulant. Interesting to consider that both John Lennon and Paul McCartney lost their mothers as teenagers, and both memorialize their memory in 1970, the year the Beatles broke up. John's memory is this song, crying out his grief over losing her, while Paul's memory is found in the song "Let it Be", as he uses this memory to draw hope in the lyric "When I find myself in times of sorrow, Mother Mary comes to me...".	Bruce Beatlefan	November 20, 2007
		Dmitry	September 26, 2004

Lyrics

Mother, you had me I never had you
I wanted you but you didn't want me
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Father, you left me but I never left you
I needed you but you didn't need me
So I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk so I tried to run
So I got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

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