Ben Selkow

Lyrics

Mom you always said I was bad at bad weather,
sometimes the rain is what keeps me together.
Sometimes the pain is all I have,
to keep me right as rain on this writing pad.

Sometimes it seems like it just won't stop. Stretched at the seams but it just won’t pop.
Sewing some seeds that just won't crop.
Chasing these dreams, but I can't catch up.

Mom you always said I had my head in the clouds,
maybe when I'm dead I'll keep my feet on the ground.
As long as I'm alive I'm gonna reach for the sky;
really doesn't matter if I learn how to fly.

Right ma?
That is what you said, right ma?
That is what you said, right… ma?

Sometimes I just don't feel like trying.
I get depressed and I feel like dying.
Then I'm a jet and I can't stop flying,
That's just how I get so I don't start crying.

You know by now, it's all in vain.
Tears come down in song refrain,
like clouds come down in fog and rain,
mom I can remember you were always saying...

“Sometimes you lose what you thought you'd find.
Sometimes you're found when you've lost your mind.
Sometimes you run when they thought you'd fall.
Sometimes you’ve won when you've lost it all...

Right ma?
Is what you said, right ma?
Is what you said, right ma?
Is what you said, right ma?
Is what you said, right?
Tell me it’s alright, tell me it’s alright ma!

You said it’d be alright ma; now tell me it’s alright ma!
It’s alright, it’s alright, I’m alright ma.


What else does a man really need?
I dream that he can achieve,
a mother to help him to believe.

Ma, you did the best that you could,
but you never quite understood
how hard it was to be good.

Remember when we ran from the man in the van,
he could hit so hard he nearly broke his own hand,
if that’s the plan but I'll never understand,
at least I learned what NOT to do to be a man.

Well everybody left ma, me I stayed.
Everybody took ma, me I gave.
Everybody cursed God, me I prayed...
right until the day the cops took him away.

Ma you always said I came from Fantasy Land
with my pillow case cape, hey, I was superman.
We all say we're gonna save the world someday,
but sometimes the world is what gets in the way.

Right ma?
Is what you said, right ma?
It is what you said, right ma?
It’s alright, I’m alright I’m alright ma.
You said it be ok but then you went away.
It’s alright, I’m alright, I’m alright.

Mom you always said I was bad at bad weather.
Sometimes it seems like it's raining forever, Sometimes I'm crushed by the weight of it all
so I wait for the call when you tell me it's alright…