When it's up to you To figure what's right and wrong It's someone else's parade And yours is an unhappy song When it hurts so bad And you feel you can't go on Each day goes by too fast And the nights are so very long You'll find out true What mother said to you The tears of God will show you the way The way to turn When your only escape Is a cheap nickel wine And the peace you need in your heart Is so very hard to find It's a stubborn life we lead And there's never no rest Trouble's out there looking for you Even when you try your best You'll find out true What mother said to you The tears of God will show you the way The way to turn Hide not your head The way to turn Hear what He once said He'll show you the way For there is a world for you and me Where the blind, too, can see Through the tears of God The Son of the Maker said "This is my cross to bear" Taking off of our shoulders Something we should have shared You'll find out true What mother said to you That tears of God will show you the way The way to turn
When it's up to you To figure what's right and wrong It's someone else's parade And yours is an unhappy song When it hurts so bad And you feel you can't go on Each day goes by too fast And the nights are so very long You'll find out true What mother said to you The tears of God will show you the way The way to turn When your only escape Is a cheap nickel wine And the peace you need in your heart Is so very hard to find It's a stubborn life we lead And there's never no rest Trouble's out there looking for you Even when you try your best You'll find out true What mother said to you The tears of God will show you the way The way to turn Hide not your head The way to turn Hear what He once said He'll show you the way For there is a world for you and me Where the blind, too, can see Through the tears of God The Son of the Maker said "This is my cross to bear" Taking off of our shoulders Something we should have shared You'll find out true What mother said to you That tears of God will show you the way The way to turn
