Do This For Me Son If You Can by JTR
One day a phone call came and I heard my moms voice and the conversation began
With "I'm gonna read you some lyrics from one of your favorite songs, Simple Man."
I didn't understand, nor another lecture was I willing to stand
But it cut me to the core when she said to be something I would love and understand
Instead of crushing my flowering dreams she poured love out like a watering can
She even skipped over the vocation/avocation speech, probably because I've heard it many times whether at the dinner table or while riding in the van
But the words still ring true in the skynyrd song so vintage and old
That I do not need earthly things and what I have cannot be bought or sold
My mom raised me to never fit any kind of mold
And that life is not all about keeping up with the Joneses and the rich mans gold
She has always told me that I am going to find the one I'm supposed to always love
And whenever she was unsure that the one I was with was the one some of my exes she would get rid of
In all honesty my mother really is a Godsend from above
I always listened closely to what my mom would say
Even though my dad was in the background making me laugh in some kind of way
And no matter how harsh or demanding the things my mom would say, she would always be there for me on a sunny or rainy day
She modeled for me that it's not worth it to live so fast
Because once you leave all you know behind you really feel like you finished last
And that although we can't be burdened by it, we can always learn from our past
It's interesting because a simple kind of man is the last thing I'm known to be
I worry, I fret, I get angry, and when things get too hard to see
My mom holds out her hand to show me where I could go but where I need to be
And when I've done wrong shed show me what's right and lead me down onto my knees
Because of my mother I know there's someone up above, somewhere in the sky
Because it would take an all knowing God to create someone who can take care of this loud, stubborn goofy guy
To teach this guy there is only do, no try and a little faith can make mountains fly
And That wisdom is more beautiful than money, and other words to live and abide by
And I know all she wants from me in return is to make good decisions, do my work, and simply be satisfied