[00:21.47]I remember the pain in my mother's eyes
[00:23.97]I remember the pain of her compromise years ago
[00:31.66]I always wanted to help to make it go away
[00:34.09]I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so
[00:41.60]And she said to me she said to me:
[00:53.03]He hitch-hiked to Maine
[00:55.60]We went cross-country
[00:56.47]I had to leave my home
[01:00.97]I had to raise a family
[01:03.28]We did the best we could being so young
[01:08.47]We tried to hard to build a happy home
[01:15.47]I never knew what to say to anybody
[01:17.91]I didn't know what to do I was far too young
[01:25.91]But everybody could feel the suffocation
[01:28.28]Underneath for facade of a happy home
[01:35.54]And she said to me she said to me:
[01:47.16]Chorus
[01:47.85]Home sweet freedom flowing in my eyes Home sweet freedom
[01:54.36]Flowing in my mind
[01:58.05]Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood
[01:59.49]Waiting and waiting to be understood fully
[02:01.93]Sacrificed her years to the family
[02:04.86]Waiting and waiting to be heard finally
[02:06.68]And she said to me she said to me