Song lyrics downloaded from: https://www.albumsongandlyrics.com ------------------------------------------ Madonna - Mother And Father 21St ------------------------------------------ There was a time I was happy in my life There was a time I believed Id live forever There was a time I prayed to jesus christ There was a time I had a mother It was nice Nobody else would ever take the place of you Nobody else could do the things that you could do No one else I guess could hurt me like you did I didnt understand, I was just a kid Bridge: Oh mother, why arent you here with me No one else saw the things that you could see Im trying hard to dry my tears Yes father, you know Im not so free Chorus: Ive got to give it up Find someone to love me Ive got to let it go Find someone that I can care for Ive got to give it up Find someone to love me Ive got to let it go Find someone that I can care for There was a time I was happy in my life There was a time I believed Id live forever There was a time I prayed to jesus christ There was a time I had a mother It was nice (bridge) (chorus) My mother died when I was five And all I did was sit and cry I cried and cried and cried all day Until the neighbors went away They couldnt take my loneliness I couldnt take their phoniness My father had to go to work I used to think he was a jerk I didnt know his heart was broken And not another word was spoken He became a shadow of The father I was dreaming of I made a vow that I would never need Another person ever Turned my heart into a cage A victim of a kind of rage I gotta give it up (repeat twice) (chorus) Find someone that I can care for Find someone that I can care for Ive got to give it up (repeat five times) Ive got to let it go Ive got to give it up Oh mother, oh father Ive got to give it up I gotta give it up (repeat six times)