The Mother

C Dadd11/A C G G Welcome to the end of being alone inside your mind C G You're tethered to another and you're worried all the time D C C/B Am7 Dadd11/A C You always knew the melody but you never heard it rhyme G She is fair and she is quiet, Lord, she doesn't look like me C G She made me love the morning, she's a holiday at sea D C C/B Am G The New York streets are as busy as they always used to be D G But I am the mother of Evangeline G The first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep C G She broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep D C C/B Am G She filled my life with color, cancelled plans, and trashed my car D Dadd11/A D But none of that is ever who we are G Outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow C G I hold you while you're sleeping and I wish that I could go D C C/B Am G All my rowdy friends are out accomplishing their dreams D G But I am the mother of Evangeline D C G They've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time D C G And they still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and the wine, oh B7 C C/B Am But all the wonders I have seen, I will see a second time G D Dadd11/A D From inside of the ages through your eyes G You were not an accident where no one thought it through C G The world that stood agaisnt us made us mean to fight for you D C C/B Am Dadd11/A C And when we chose your name we knew you'd fight the power too G You're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me C G I'll never hit the bigtime without you D C C/B Am G So they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine D Em Cause I am the mother of Evangeline C C C/B Am Dadd11/A C They can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine G D G Cause I am the mother of Evangeline C C/B Am G Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh C C/B Am G Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh C C/B Am G Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh