lyrics: paula mcmath
music: paula mcmath/Kenny Klimak

sugar spice everything nice
makin’ mud pies in the yard
momma frowns scrubs me down
tells me I better be good

livin’ lean seventeen
learnin’ the back seat of cars
momma complains nothin’ has changed
and I screwed up worse that she could

and momma say
such a beautiful girl what’d you go do that for
you came along when the time was wrong
and I wish you’d never been born

college knowledge
oh momma please let me go
momma laughs cuts me in half
what do you think you could know

wedding day naivete
I give my ghost to a gown
lipstick smiles I walk down the aisle
and I say I do when I don’t

and mamma say
such a pretty girl what’d you go do that for
I wanted the world not a little girl
and your life is mine not yours

mamma look what I’ve done
please see what I’ve become
mamma look what I’ve made
with all you gave

divorce of course
what’d you expect me to do
but I got away from all that you say
and I got my own life to conclude

found myself all my wealth
within the walls of my mind
on another path unmarked and unmasked
and I won’t leave your crumbs behind

still momma say
such a pretty girl what’d you go do that for
I took your time but I’ll give you of mine
I wish I could give you back more

and then I say
what a beautiful girl momma
you made me live
you taught me life
what’s wrong and what’s right
and sometimes you get when you give
yeah, you taught me how to live
but I taught you how to live too