I’m A Mother

By Joy Lynn Clark

7/9/2024

(I wrote and sang this song to an acoustic instrumental of a very famous song while on a coffee break from hiking the Appalachian Trail)

Not your daughter

I’m a mother

are you some other?

Oh Missy

That is not your name

I’ll just dis you

Cause I know her

I can’t hear you

you can’t hear me

say your missy

this just can’t be

Must be Rachel

I don’t think so

you can hear her

how do you know?

make me sister

but your none to me

I’m a mother this just can’t be

Not your daughter

I’m a mother

are you some other?

Oh Missy

That is not your name

I’ll just dis you

Cause I know her

You ain’t Jenny

how do you know

you missed the wedding

and everybody know

say your my sister

but your none to me

wanna be my daddy?

this just can’t be

Not your daughter

I’m a mother

are you some other?

Oh Missy

That is not your name

I’ll just dis you

Cause I know her

I can’t hear you

you can’t hear me

say your missy

this just can’t be

Think you’ll take my child

make me be your child

he will take your man

help me understand

you know that I can’t

and its all awash

nothings gonna fly

unless I’m taking off

Not your daughter

I’m a mother

are you some other?

Oh Missy

That is not your name

I’ll just dis you

Cause I know her

I can’t hear you

you can’t hear me

say your missy

this just can’t be

Special Acknowledgment to the Steely Dan who I think made the music.