You say you don't want to nag
but I really think you do, Mom
You've always tried to live my life for me
My college days have come and gone so quickly
and now it's time for you
to set me free

Mistakes were something you just
never could accept, Mom
from my father, or my brother, or from me
Sometimes you made my life a living hell, Mom
but that's something you would never
let yourself see

   And now the time is drawing near
   for me to go away
   I really hope I'll find myself
   missing you
   But I'm so weary of being seen and never heard, Mom
   now it's time for me to start a life
   without you

Did you know I always needed your affection?
Do you know what it always
would have meant to me?
I thought I'd get it if I could reach perfection
and I walked through hell before
I found it couldn't be

Well, I guess your mistakes were
always made out of love, Mom
I can't believe you really meant to hurt me
and it's sad that you never really knew you did
Still, I just always wanted your love, Mom
not your sympathy

   And now the time is drawing near
   for me to go away
   I really hope I'll find myself
   missing you
   But I'm so weary of being seen and never heard, Mom
   now it's time for me to start a life
   without you