My Name Can't Be Mama - The Highwomen

Things are gettin' better

But right now it's not looking great

My ceiling still is spinning

From a night that went too late

I used to sleep this off

And let the shame just melt away

But not for tiny feet in hallways

Calling my name

It's not that I don't love you

I wouldn't touch the hands of time

It's not that I don't long feel

Your tiny hand in mine

I'm not a perfect woman Lord

I don't wish it all away

My name can't be Mama today

Today I didn't listen

To the voice inside my head

I peeled out of the driveway

Left my family in bed

Know it wouldn't be easier

To just quit the road and stay home

I'd lose myself inside the halls

Unsatisfied and alone

Sometimes all I want

Is to run back to you at night

To rock you to sleep

Keep the blues out of your eyes

I'm not that kind of woman

That throw it all away

And my name can't be Mama today

I drive my mother crazy

Out here traveling the world

Free-wheelin' in the city

I'm a solitary girl

I'm living in the moment

Knowin' there might come a day

But my name can't be Mama today

It's not that I don't want to

I just don't want to today

I'm not a fan of mornings

And I love my chardonnay

No I'm not saying never

I won't wish it all away

But my name can't be Mama today

My name can't be Mama today