Bathed in the water she ran every morning

Smacked in the bed she turned down every night

I'm strong in food she prepared for me

Now I'm all grown up

Heating my hands on the very cold days

Drenched in the rain almost every school game

And in the middle of a scare she's there

To wake me up

I'm strong enough I'm tough enough

I'm full enough I'm crying my mother's tears

I'm warm enough I've played enough

Loved enough I'm crying my mother's tears

Treating my cuts with her own remedies

Combing my hair while she covered my knees

And sent me books I was forbidden to read

Educating me

I was there by her side when my grandmother died

Her weakness is strength she's unable to cry

And lover's tears fell from father's eyes

She was all cried out

I'm strong enough I'm tough enough

Slept enough I'm crying my mother's tears

I'm well enough I've read enough

I've loved enough I'm crying my mother's tears

Cause I'm doing my best

To keep her living the rest

I'm trying

To stay awake

I'm falling in

I'm having public display

Crashing

To the thunder

Scattering myself

Over the floor

Little memories of our past

Remind me of how I used to make her mad

I'm crying I'm crying

I'm strong enough I'm tough enough

Full enough I'm crying my mother's tears

She shed enough she's pled enough

Well enough I'm crying my mother's tears

I'm tough enough I'm strong enough

I'm brave enough to face my mother's fears