Now the dirt is washed away

And all alibis are out

And the hands that used to heal me only curse me now

The echoes of a woman so kind

Rain like waterfalls and ice-cream on my worried mind

I lay there in the puddle of myself

Fishing for a brand new wish from that bucket down the well

And in her colours I find my faith

Cause I remember every word that lady used to say

She said hearts can't break themselves

Looking for something leaving with nothing

But souls can save themselves

Learning to fly sweet mother of mine!

Be a long way home without you

It's such a long way home without you

Yeah yeah

Miss my mother like no other

Made me human made me brother

Hands would swell and they would blister for my sake and my sisters

The guardian of my karma keep my feet on terra firma

And then release me like a scion to the sky!

She said that hearts can't break themselves

Looking for something leaving with nothing

But souls can save themselves

Learning to fly sweet mother of mine!

This heart can tell sometime

Sister you have some hungry eyes

Can bite back you're hypnotized

Smiling faces in disguise

Can bite back you're hypnotized

Keep going against the grain

And soon that's all soon that's all you'll know

And soon that's all you'll know

And let's get this straight

Sometimes you'll rise and there's times you'll fall

After all you're just blood and bones

And you don't owe no one nothing

No you don't owe no one

So don't live like one price is right

Cause there's some things in your life that you can fight!

She said that hearts can't break themselves

Looking for something wind up with nothing

But souls can save themselves

Learning to fly sweet mother of mine!

Of mine

She said hearts can't break themselves

Looking for something leaving with nothing

But souls can save themselves

Learning to fly learning to fly

She said that souls can save themselves

Learning to fly learning to fly

Oh souls can save themselves

Learning to fly learning to fly

Oh momma how I love you!

Learning to fly learning to fly

No momma how I love you

Learning to fly sweet mother of mine!

We're a long way home without you