I Cant Live Without My Mothers Love

Am7 G Am7 G Am7 G Em7 D Em7 D Am7 G I can live with the sky falling out from above Am7 G I can live with your scorn, your sourness, your smug Am7 G I can live growing old alone if push comes to shove Em7 D Em7 D But I can't live without my mother's love Em7 D Em7 D Am7 G I can live flying round at an impossible pace Am7 G I can live with the bad etiquette that's falling on this place Am7 G I can live with anything you've got to throw in my face Em7 D Em7 D But I can't live without my mother's embrace Em7 D Em7 D C G D My mother is seventy-five Em7 D Em7 D She's the closest friend I have in my life C G D Take her from me, I'll break down and bawl Em7 D Em7 D And wither away like old leaves in the Fall Am7 G You can be cruel all you want, talk bad on my brothers Am7 G Shoot me full of holes and I won't be bothered Am7 G Judge me for my ways and my slew of ex-lovers Em7 D Em7 D But don't ever dare say a bad word about my mother Em7 D Em7 D Am7 G When she's gone I'll miss how slowly she walks Am7 G Playing scrabble with the chimes of the grandfather clock Am7 G I'll even miss the times that we fought Em7 D Em7 D But mostly I'll miss being able to call her and talk. Em7 D Em7 D Am7 G I can live without watching the classic old fights Am7 G I can live without a lover beside me at night Am7 G I can live without what you might call a charmed life Em7 D Em7 D But I can't live without my mother providing her light Em7 D Em7 D C G D My mother is seventy-five Em7 D Em7 D One day she won't be here to hear me cry C G D When the day comes for her to let go Em7 D Em7 D I'll die off like a lemon tree in the snow C G D When the day comes for her to leave Em7 D Em7 D I won't have the courage to sort through her things C G D With my sisters and all our memories Em7 D Em7 D I cannot bear all the pain it will bring Em7 D Em7 D Am7 G Am7 G Am7 G Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D