[Verse 1]
Dear Mom, you been sitting in my mind
Not telling you farewell said the last of my goodbyes
But I think it's been a while since we really had a chat
I think it's been a while, and I understated that
I think that you should know how I'm doing with life
I know that you would care, hope you hear it tonight
I'm gonna play it loud so the heavens can listen
As I'm going through my life, I don't want you to miss it
I'm going off to college I'm becoming a man
The future of a person in the palm of my hand
Taking all the wait hoping that I can stand
That you will never see when I'm becoming a man
So I guess I better tell you what I'm feel as of late
The stresses of my burdens never easy to take
Missing when we sat and you would give me advice
I wish that I had took it more to heart at the time
[Hook]
I know you're not around but I'm hoping you can hear me
As I'm looking back, now I wish that you were near me
I know your time was up, and that you had to go
But I'm done with the goodbyes I'm just saying hello
I never go a day when you are not in my mind
I know it's been a while so I wanted to write
And now we have a chat in the form of a song
Holding back a tear, as I write, Dear Mom
[Verse 2]
I know you had your demons I could not understand
I wish that I had known I woulda taken your hand
As I'm growing up I been learning a lot
That no one's ever perfect in the life that they got
Taking to the needle just to cover the pain
Taking all the hurt and shoot it into the veins
God I really hate that I never was there
When you were feeling down I never showed that i care
Screaming to the heavens if you're hearing me now
To tell you that I care I been yelling it loud
Love you more than words, they could never describe
When I think about my mother what I'm feeling inside
I wonder how you're doing if you're walking in heaven
Or watching over me, I been feeling your presence
And everything is darker ever since you had left
So I'm taking to the pen, as I go to confess
[Hook]
I know you're not around but I'm hoping you can hear me
As I'm looking back, now I wish that you were near me
I know your time was up, and that you had to go
But I'm done with the goodbyes I'm just saying hello
I never go a day when you are not in my mind
I know it's been a while so I wanted to write
And now we have a chat in the form of a song
Holding back a tear, as I write -- Dear Mom
[Verse 3]
Everyone is fighting over what you had left
Stuck inside the middle of a monetary mess
I could do without the benefits of the money
As long as I would know that my mother had loved me
I'm thinking you're the link that had held it together
But ever since you passed, now the family is severed
Everyone is fighting and I wish it would end
I wonder if we'll ever have to do this again
I wanna make you proud as I'm living a life
And if I dissapoint, in my heart is a knife
But I would never plan to be letting you down
And if we meet again, hope you say you are proud
So Mom when I am ready and we meet in the sky
And I run into your arms like you never had died
I hope that I can show the extent of my love
So I'm waiting for the day that we're meeting above
I know you're not around but I'm hoping you can hear me
As I'm looking back, now I wish that you were near me
I know your time was up, and that you had to go
But I'm done with the goodbyes I'm just saying hello
I never go a day when you are not in my mind
I know it's been a while so I wanted to write
And now we have a chat in the form of a song
Holding back a tear, as I write -- Dear Mom
[Outro]
I know you're not around but I'm hoping you can hear me
As I'm looking back, now I wish that you were near me
I know your time was up, and that you had to go
But I'm done with the goodbyes I'm just saying hello
I never go a day when you are not in my mind
I know it's been a while so I wanted to write
I love you so much I just wanted to chat
I love you so much, sincerely, Jack
