Happy Home (Album Version)-Paula Cole

[00:21.48]I remember the pain in my mother's eyes, [00:23.98]I remember the pain of her compromise years ago. [00:29.10] [00:31.67]I always wanted to help to make it go away, [00:34.10]I didn't know it was her freedom that she needed so. [00:37.48] [00:41.60]And she said to me, she said to me: [00:49.91] [00:53.04]He hitch-hiked to Maine, [00:55.60]We went cross-country. [00:56.48]I had to leave my home, [01:00.97]I had to raise a family [01:03.29]We did the best we could being so young, [01:08.48]We tried to hard to build a happy home. [01:15.48]I never knew what to say to anybody, [01:17.92]I didn't know what to do, I was far too young. [01:25.91]But everybody could feel the suffocation, [01:28.29]Underneath for facade of a happy home. [01:34.60] [01:35.54]And she said to me, she said to me: [01:42.85] [01:47.17]Chorus [01:47.85]Home sweet freedom, flowing in my eyes, Home sweet freedom, [01:54.37]flowing in my mind. [01:58.06]Sacrificed her dreams to motherhood, [01:59.49]Waiting and waiting to be understood fully. [02:01.93]Sacrificed her years to the family, [02:04.87]Waiting and waiting to be heard finally. [02:06.68]And she said to me, she said to me...