Looking out my window pane Sitting by the door alone She's left me once again Cheap wigs and long black hose It's an every night affair With someone new she says I've lost my taste for toys I bring joys to little boys She puts on her brand new face Her baby blues and long white lace She turns to hug and hold me tight Whatever soothes me in my fright She's gonna soon be leaving town With some other man she's found She tells me I'm a big boy now And just be a little, little proud Mother can't you see what I need?? Mother can't you hear when I plead?? Broken hearts and broken dreams Are what I've made my life it seems Little children soon grow old So that's what I'm taught and told I can't explain the pains I hide No matter how I try and try Everything I do seems wrong Ever since the day I was born Mother can't you see what I need?? Mother can't you hear when I plead?? Solo Wipe the tears away from my face As I turned and walked from that place Leave my past behind without a trace Looking back I'm older now Seems I might have cried too loud It took too long to see I was the one to set me free Some people say I'm looking good And for my age I really should I'm just an old man on the brink And maybe that's the way that they think