[Verse 1]

She wasn’t only just my mother

She was my friend, a good friend

She had only just begun to live

It’s unfair 'cause she worked hard for it

We spent eighteen full years under the same roof

That sounds like a long time, but it’s not

I would trade anything for one full day

To just sit and hear her voice again

[Pre-Chorus]

So I sat and I twiddled my thumbs

When you told me to be strong

“It’s the only certain thing in this life

So be a big boy because

[Chorus]

Life goes on

You can’t live your life in fear

Do something for me and get out of this town

'Cause there’s nothing for you here, nothing for you here.”

[Verse 2]

She never had to tell me twice

She was intelligent

I promised that I’d keep my word, so I will

She gave good advice

The best that I have known

She said, “It’s not the dead I’m afraid of, it’s the living I fear.”

[Pre-Chorus]

And if a kid at school had broken my arm

Or a girl had smashed my heart

She would hold me and tell me that it was their loss

And to toughen up because

[Chorus]

"Life goes on

You can’t live your life in fear

Do something for me and get out of this town

'Cause there’s nothing for you here, nothing for you here.”

[Outro]

"Life goes on

You can't live your life in fear

Do something for me and get out of this town

'Cause there's nothing for you here, nothing for you here."