Mama Brought Me Up Right

Becky helped with the music on this one, especially the chorus. We're still fiddling with some of the lyrics, too.

Lyrics

learned how to read
sounding out all of mama's tattoos
earned how to count
peeling off all her butterfly band-aids
learned my colors and shapes
from each black eye and each rainbow bruise

she didn't like me one bit 
but she taught me some things i could use

learned my times tables crunching the 
numbers when she lifted weights
i learned how to write cursive
script signing her name at the bank
i learned eight county seats in three states
so we'd make her court dates

she didn't like me one bit
but to me she was one of the greats

learned how to sew
stitching up her cuts after a fight
learned how to sing
her to sleep when the jukebox was broken
learned how to hold
down the fort when she stayed out all night

she didn't like me one bit
but in spite
of herself mama brought me up right