Mama's Broken Heart

Album: Four The Record (2011)
Charted: 20
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  • I cut my bangs with some rusty kitchen scissors
    I screamed his name 'til the neighbors called the cops
    I numbed the pain at the expense of my liver
    Don't know what I did next all I know, I couldn't stop

    Word got around to the barflies and the Baptists
    My mama's phone started ringin' off the hook
    I can hear her now sayin' she ain't gonna have it
    Don't matter how you feel, it only matters how you look

    Go and fix your make up girl it's, just a break up run an'
    Hide your crazy and start actin' like a lady 'cause I
    Raised ya better, gotta keep it together even when you fall apart
    But this ain't my mama's broken heart

    I wish I could be just a little less dramatic like a
    Kennedy when Camelot went down in flames
    Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches
    When the fire trucks show up and there's nobody else to blame

    Can't get revenge and keep a spotless reputation
    Sometimes revenge is a choice you gotta make
    My mama came from a softer generation
    Where you get a grip and bite your lip just to save a little face

    Go and fix your make up girl it's, just a break up run an'
    Hide your crazy and start actin' like a lady 'cause I
    Raised ya better, gotta keep it together even when you fall apart
    But this ain't my mama's broken heart

    Powder your nose, paint your toes line your lips and keep 'em closed
    Cross your legs, dot your I's and never let 'em see you cry

    Go and fix your make up well it's, just a break up run an'
    Hide your crazy and start actin' like a lady 'cause I
    Raised ya better, gotta keep it together even when you fall apart
    But this ain't my mama's broken heart Writer/s: Brandy Lynn Clark, Kacey Musgraves, Shane Mcanally
    Publisher: Anthem Entertainment, BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Bri Bri Galaxy from California Love the song, played it 4 times when sis had a break up, fixed it. (Btw she did all the things in the song, what a coincidence)
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