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Don't Break My Momma's Heart

from Move On by Ben Shannon

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Don't Break My Momma's Heart

Momma's back in college now finishin her degree
sittin at the table doin homework with me
then you come in your pickup truck and take my momma away
Ain't seen my daddy for years 
and I never known a man who stayed

But I've known lots of beginnings I've known lots of brand new starts

Don't you break my momma's heart
whatever you do make that promise
keep it true...Don't you break my momma's heart

Now your standin on the altar with my momma dressed in white
your smellin like Wild Turkey and your tuxedo's too tight
your makin me happy we're an instant family
warm us up and add a little bit of kindness
and I'll be callin you daddy

I'm loving this new beginning and I'm loving this brand new start

Don't you break my momma's heart
whatever you do make that promise 
keep it true...Don't you break my momma's heart

you wouldn't stay sober ended it all in a wreck
now I'm standin at your casket payin my last respects
and little sister's all confused cause no one's told her yet

that its time for another beginning

and you broke my momma's heart

Got my clothes in these garbage bags piled into this shoppin cart
pushin it across the tracks movin to my friends apartment.
Got a room of my own with a decent view
an I told momma, "Just can't stay home with you...

"This is my new beginning this is my brand new start"

And I broke my momma's heart
yes I did, I broke my momma's heart.

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from Move On, released August 8, 2013

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Ben Shannon Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Writing songs is a way of participating in a conversation about what meaning my little life and the world we all share might hold. Music has been a portal into the language of emotion. Songwriting, specifically, is a tool of survival that I've been able to use to manifest and maintain myself. These days I strive to be careful with the words I sing as they tend to have a way of coming true. ... more

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