Dear Mother

Verse 1

I found your handwriting on an old receipt

Tucked inside a book you never finished

You spelled my name the way you always did

A little crooked like your favorite kitchen chair

Pre-Chorus

I drove past the house

The yard went wild

Somebody painted the door green

I kept going

Chorus

Dear mother

I am doing fine

Dear mother

I still hear you humming

Dear mother

I am doing fine

I just wanted you to know

Verse 2

You taught me how to fix a broken hem

You never taught me how to say goodbye

Every Sunday you would call at nine

I still reach for the phone

Pre-Chorus

Your laugh was loud

And a little too much

You said loud was honest

So I stay loud

Chorus

Dear mother

I am doing fine

Dear mother

I still hear you humming

Dear mother

I am doing fine

I just wanted you to know

Bridge

You were stubborn

I was stubborn

We were two walls

Leaning on the same house

You were stubborn

I was stubborn

Now I understand

Chorus

Dear mother

I am doing fine

Dear mother

I still hear you humming

Dear mother

I am doing fine

I just wanted you to know

I just wanted you to know

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh