Every Mother's Son

I was born with my hand in a fist And my eyes shut tight Any wonder that I cannot resist Punchin' blindly, in a fight First time I saw swans flyin' to the sun I wanted to be one Every mother's son When I saw my life had begun I wanted to be someone Like my brother, my one and only father And like every mother's son I was raised within' a cause With a purpose to fulfill I was taught to defend what was mine And instructed, not to kill (My small mortal eyes can see eternity) My small mortal eyes can see eternity In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly Like every mother's son When a man showed me how to use a gun I wished I'd never needed one Like my brother, my one and only father And like every mother's son Everything in domesticity a*sumes it's role other than me Displaced persons whose culture let me down I raised my own daughters in a pornographic town (I raised my own daughters in a pornographic town) Like every mother's son I've lost some and some I've won (Now I'm waiting for a new dawn) Now I'm waiting for a new dawn Like my brother, my one and only father And like every mother's son