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 a puddle of myself Fishing for a brand new wish from that bucket down the well And in her colors I find my faith As 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 She said be a long way home without you Nurse my mother like no other Made me human, made me brother Hands would swell and they would blister For my sake and my sister's The guardian of my karma Keep my feet on terra firma And then release me like a cyan 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 And I Just love to tell from time In the system your sun hungry eyes Can bite back your hypnotized Smiling faces in disguise Can bite back your hypnotized Keep going against the grain Soon that's all, soon that's all you'll know 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't buy 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 She said that hearts can't break themselves Looking for something, even 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 mama, how I love you Learning to fly, learning to fly Oh mama, how I love you Learning to fly Sweet mother of mine It'll be a long way home without you Mother of mine Mother of mine Mother of mine