There was a time I was happy in my life
There was a time I believed I'd live
forever
There was a time I prayed to Jesus Christ
There was a time I had a
mother
It was nice
Nobody else would ever take the place of
you
Nobody else could do the things that you could do
No one else I guess
could hurt me like you did
I didn't understand, I was just a
kid
[Bridge:]
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've got to give it up
Find someone to
love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that I can care for
I've got
to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've 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'd live forever
There was a time I
prayed to Jesus Christ
There was a time I had a mother
It was
nice
[bridge]
[chorus]
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
loneliness
I couldn't take their 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
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 gotta
give it up
[repeat twice]
[chorus]
Find someone
that I can care for
Find someone that I can care for
I've got to give
it up
[repeat five times]
I've got to let it go
I've got to
give it up
Oh mother, oh father
I've got to give it up
I gotta give
it up
[repeat six times]