PRETENDERS - Every Mother's Son lyrics

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I was born with my hand in a fist<br>And my eyes shut tight<br>Any wonder that I cannot resist<br>Punchin' blindly in a fight<br>The first time I saw swans flyin' to the sun<br>I wanted to be one<br><br>Like every mother's son<br>When I saw my life had begun<br>I wanted to be someone<br>Like my brother and my one and only father<br>And like every mother's son<br><br>I was raised within a cause<br>With a purpose to fulfill<br>I was taught to defend what was mine<br>And instructed not to kill<br>My small mortal eyes can see eternity<br>In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly<br><br>Like every mother's son<br>When a man showed me how to use a gun<br>I wished I'd never need one<br>Like my brother and my one and only father<br>And like every mother's son<br><br>Everything in domesticity<br>Assumes it's role better than me<br>I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down<br>I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town<br><br>Like every mother's son<br>I've lost some and some I've won<br>Now I'm waiting for a new dawn<br>Like my brother and my one and only father<br>And like every mother's son