Your perfume
Lingers on your clothes
While your gone 
I'm home alone
Wondering what your doing
In your other life
Is he hitting 
Or loving you
You suffer
From this life
Drinking was always a problem
There's no doubt about that
You called me names
I choose not to remember
Those raging fights
Where I was never spared
I heard every word
How you hate life
I'm sorry I can't help
I really wish I could
To see you happy 
Would give me the world
I tried so hard
To keep you happy
But it never worked
I became unhappy 
Usually young girls
Want to be like their mothers
Not in this case
I never want to be like you 
I know that's horrible to say
But I want to be dependable
Not someone who's always drunk
And leaving their loved ones
Disappearing for Weeks 
Is just not my style 
I still love you
You will always be my mother