There was a time
I was happy in my life
There was a time
I believed I'd live forever
There was a time that
I prayed to Jesus Christ
There was a time
I had a mother it was nice
Nobody else would ever
Take the place of you
Nobody else could do
The things that you could do
No one else I guess could
Hurt me like you did
I didn't understand
I was just a kid
Oh mother why
Aren't you here with me
No one else saw the things
That you could see
I'm trying hard
To dry my tears
Yes father you know
I'm not so free
I got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I got to let it go
Find someone that
I can care for
I got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I got to let it go
Find someone that
I can care for
There was a time
I was happy in my life
There was a time
I believed I'd live forever
There was a time that
I prayed to Jesus Christ
There was a time
I had a mother it was nice
Oh mother why
Aren't you here with me
No one else saw the things
That you could see
I'm trying hard
To dry my tears
Yes father you know
I'm not so free
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that
I can care for
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that
I can care for
My mother died
When I was five
And all I did
Was sit and cry
I cried and cried
And cried all day
Until the neighbors
Went away they couldn't
Take my loneliness
I couldn't take
Their phonirness
My father had to go to work
I used to think
He was a jerk
I didn't know his
Heart was broken
Not another
Word was spoken
He became a shadow of
The father I was
Dreaming of
I made a vow that
I would never need
Another person ever
Turned my heart into a cage
A victim of a kind of rage
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that
I can care for
I've got to give it up
Find someone to love me
I've got to let it go
Find someone that
I can care for
Find someone that
I can care for
Find someone that
I can care for
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
I got to give it up
I've got to give it up
I've got to let it go
I've got to give it up
Oh mother oh father
I've got to give it up