there was a time I was happy in my life
there was a time i believed i live forever
there was a time when i prayed to jesus cris
there was a time i had a mother it was nice
nobody else could ever take the place of you
nobody else could do the things that you could do
nobody else i guess could hurt me like you did
i didn't understand, i was just a kid
oh mother, why aren't you here with me?
no one else saw the things that you could see
I'm trying hard to dry my tears
yes father you know i'm not so free
Chorus:
i got to give it up
find someone to love me
i got to let it go
find someone that i can care for
i got to give it up
find someone to love me
i got to let it go
find someone that i can care for
there was a time I was happy in my life
there was a time i believed i live forever
there was a time when i prayed to jesus cris
there was a time i had a mother it was nice
oh mother, why aren't you here with me?
no one else saw the things that you could see
I'm trying hard to dry my tears
yes father you know i'm not so free
Chorus:
i got to give it up
find someone to love me
i got to let it go
find someone that i can care for
i got to give it up
find someone to love me
i got to let it go
find someone that i can care for
my mother died when i was five
and all i did was sit and cry
i cried and cried and cried all day
until the neighbors went away
they couldn't take my lonelyness
i couldn't take my phoniness
my father had to go to work
i used to think he was a jerk
i didn't know his heart was broken
and not another word was spoken
and he became a shadow of the father i was dreaming of
i made a vow that i would never need another person
ever turned my heart into a cage a victim of a kind of rage
i got to give it up
i got to give it up
i got to give it up
i got to give it up
Chorus:
i got to give it up
find someone to love me
i got to let it go
find someone that i can care for
i got to give it up
find someone to love me
i got to let it go
find someone that i can care for
find someone that i can care for
find someone that i can care for
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
i got to let it go
I got to give it up
Oh mother
Oh father
I gotta give it up
I gotta give it up
I gotta give it up
I gotta give it up
I gotta give it up
I gotta give it up
I gotta give it up