Mum Lyrics

The hardest song I ever wrote

Leaves a lump in my throat

My memory showered with bright lights

Of loving days and safe dark nights

The summer came and to the fields you went

To earn some pennies to pay the rent

Your fingernails, they were black

From potatoes thrown into the sack

A pound a day you were paid

So food on our table could be laid

The hardest song I ever wrote

Leaves a lump in my throat

My memory showered with bright lights

Of loving days and safe dark nights

You never asked us for much

Just a kiss, a cuddle, a gentle touch

From the working class you were made

Steel in the fire, you were forged so tough

You somehow took the smooth with the rough

The hardest song I ever wrote

Leaves a lump in my throat

My memory showered with bright lights

Of loving days and safe dark nights

The house of council, rent was paid

With blood and sweat and the pennies you made

You'd leave the house at 5am

A cleaning job and the same again

Your smile shone like a beaming light

When you returned late at night

You were strict as you needed to be

With eleven in our family

The cricket stump would leave its mark

And prince the dog he would bark

As each of us took our turn

As to behave we had to learn

The hardest song I ever wrote

Leaves a lump in my throat

My memory showered with bright lights

Of loving days and safe dark nights

I wake every day and see your smile

Just lie in bed and think a while

How lucky we all must have been

I still see you in my dreams

Love you Mum