What My Mamma Gave Me - Aimée

Time it took us To where the water was That's what the water gave me And time goes quicker Between the two of us Oh, my love, don't forsake me Take what the water gave me Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow And oh, poor Atlas The world's a beast of a burden You've been holding up a long time And all this longing And the ships are left to rust That's what the water gave us So lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow 'Cause they took your loved ones But returned them in exchange for you But would you have it any other way? Would you have it any other way? You couldn't have it any other way 'Cause she's a cruel mistress And a bargain must be made But oh, my love, don't forget me When I let the water take me So lay me down Let the only sound Be the over flow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow So lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow Pockets full of stones Lay me down Let the only sound Be the overflow (yeah)

Got a surprise from my honey Got a message from my girl When she picked up a pen from beside her bed And wrote me a scribbled note Said she'd be coming back to see me That she would be visiting real soon Gon' get up from her long white bed And leave this cold white room We would once more live together Go out on a loving spree Just like before the accident My baby would look at me I saw the sweet face trembling As she tried to open her eyes I jumped with the joy of a grateful boy The day my baby gave me a surprise Got a surprise from my honey Got a message from my girl When she picked up a pen from beside her bed And wrote me a scribbled note I saw her sweet face trembling As she tried to open her eyes I jumped with the joy of a grateful boy The day my baby gave me a surprise