The Highwomen - My name cant be mama

^CThings are gettin' better but right now ^Fit's not looking ^Cgreat My ^Cceiling still is spinning from a ^Gnight that went too late I u^Csed to sleep this off and let the ^Fshame just melt ^Caway But ^Cnot for tiny feet in hallways ^Gcalling out my ^Cname

It's ^Fnot that I don't love you, I wouldn't ^Ctouch the hands of time It's ^Fnot that I don't long to feel your ^Gtiny hand in m^Gine I'm ^Cnot a perfect woman, Lord, I don't ^Fwish it all ^Caway My ^Fname can't be^G Mama to^Cday

^CToday I didn't listen to the v^Foice inside my h^Cead I p^Ceeled out of the driveway left my ^Gfamily in ^Cbed ^CKnow it wouldn't be easier to just q^Fuit the road and stay ^Chome I'd l^Cose myself inside the halls, u^Gnsatisfied and a^Clone

^FSometimes all I want is to run b^Cack to you at night To r^Fock you to sleep, to keep the ^Gblues out of your eyes I'm ^Cnot the kind of woman that would ^Fthrow it all a^Cway But my ^Cname can't be^G Mama ^Ctoday

I d^Drive my mother crazy out here ^Gtraveling the w^Dorld Free-w^Dheeling in the city, I'm a so^Alitary girl I'm l^Diving in the moment, knowing ^Gthere might come a ^Dday But my n^Dame can't be Mama^A to^Dday, uh-uh

It's ^Gnot that I don't want to, I just ^Ddon't want to today I'm n^Got a fan of mornings and I l^Aove my chardonnay No, ^DI'm not saying never, I won't w^Gish it all ^Daway But my n^Dame can't be^G Mama to^Dday, oh no My n^Dame can't be^G Mama t^Doday