Bm
My mama cried, staring at the stars
G
She had once felt so almighty
D F#m
Now, she’s never felt so small
Bm
My mama fell flat back on the floor
G
She once had a loving husband
D F#m
He don’t love her anymore
Bm
My mama screamed, “This ungrateful world!”
G
Keeps on taking and not giving
D F#m
Ever since she was a girl
Bm
My angry mama pushed everything inside
G
She will never let another
D F#m
Steal the soil of her life
[Chorus]
G Em Bm G
So, she tears away those pages of her diary
F#m A
All those sick and sticky memories
D F#m
“Jesus… some fuckin’ Jesus.”
C Bm D
It’s the same with every guy she meets
F#m
Thinkin’ they’re Jesus –
A Bm
She don’t need their goddamn charity
G D F#m
[Verse 2]
Bm
My mama cried, staring at her hands
G
Thinking, ‘How could others use these
D F#m
To shed the blood of man?’
Bm
My mama felt guilt-ridden remorse
G
When she thought of those before her
D F#m
Who suffered even more
Bm
My mama laughed, “Everything’s so clear!
G
The woman is the wounded
D F#m
The man stabs ‘the spear’’!”
Bm
My loving mother held her children to her breast
G
This world can go fuck itself
D F#m
She’ll never acquiesce
[Chorus]
G Em Bm G
She tore away the pages of her diary –
F#m A
Every silly entry
Bm Em G Bm
Tore away the layers of her history
F#m A
’Til finally she could see clearly:
D C G
Everybody hail the Defiled Mary
Em Bm
The afterthought of all male martyrdom
A
Behind every good man
Bm
Is a messiah story
A G F#m
I, for one, am as guilty as they come;
A Bm
After all, I’m my mama’s son
