Better Life - Damhnait Doyle (performance video)
BETTER LIFE
I just turned 21, when I gave away my son
That’s a pain I won’t forget to have him ripped right from my chest
In my heart I knew it was the o my thing to do
But he grew inside my womb and his leaving was my tomb
Those were cloudy days
I keep trying to outrace
I had to break the cycle
Didn’t want to be the same as my parents were before me well that’s just how they were raised
I did the best I could
I did what I thought was right
I hope that he’ll forgive me
For wanting to give him a better life
Don’t tell me how it is
Don’t tell me how it was don’t tell me you know how I feel
Don’t tell me it’s not love
Cause if it’s not love, I don’t know what is
Every single birthday
Oh I’d drink the day away
Trying to forget that he was ever made
I just wanna hold him and take away those years
He didn’t call me mother and I didn’t dry his tears
And I never went to town
Till all the swelling had gone down
My soul was wrecked
My arms were free
I tried to find him
He didn’t wanna find me