Bad Mutha Blues
(lyrics Stacy Labriola , music Stacy Labriola, Art Labriola © 2002)

I’m gonna tell you some stories
Bout some lady folks I know
We like to share our tales
Of our parenting woes
These conversations have gotten friendships built
But the bond that holds us fast may just be old fashioned guilt
Doubt remorse regret frustration anger and fatigue
Well they may call me on the phone
And this is what they say to me

I got those bad
Bad mutha blues
Got those sad
I'm a bad mutha blues
I can have these feelings and still love you
But today yes today I'm afraid
I got those bad mother blues

I took the kids clothes shopping at the local downtown mall
You think that I could watch him well then one he just took off
My heart was full of horror
And my body full of dread
The visions of abduction
Running through my head
I found him moments later just as happy as could be
He was only gone a moment but he took years off me

I left my kid for 10 hours to close a business deal
I rushed right home to heat his frozen meal
A pocket full a six pence
Pocket full of rye
I know these poems by heart but I can’t bake an apple pie
Am I around enough? Do I mother on the fly?
I’ll be plagued with this dilemma til the day I die

Got those bad
Bad mutha blues
Got those sad
I'm a bad ol mutha blues
I haven't slept in six years and the kids got the flu
So today yes today I'm afraid I got those bad mother blues

My child’s been so damn cranky throwing tantrums all day long
If the whining doesn't stop well I don’t think I can go on
I know it’s kind of cruel to have a laugh at her expense
But when she walks in the room I say “Hi Maintenance!”.

Many years from now on some future mother’s day
You may sit around the table and say
Man, "my mom was great!”
You’ll remember patience, kindness, tenderness and grace
You won't remember all the hardship
That I faced
They say that grandchildren are a parents best revenge
So if you have kids of your own you know the blues they may creep in

You'll get those bad bad mutha blues
Get those sad your a bad old mutha blues
I can have these feelings and still love you
But today yes today
I got those bad ol mother blues