[Intro] (Spoken) If you're wondering why these songs exist... If you're wondering why my name keeps coming up... There's only one thing I've got to say... Go thank your mother. [Verse 1] I was living life, keeping out the way, Only hearing your voices on your weekend days. Didn't want the past, didn't need the fight, I was finally learning how to sleep at night. We only had one reason left to speak, Making sure your little brother got to me each week. That was enough... That's all it had to be. [Pre-Chorus] Then one message... Changed everything. A door I'd already closed Got opened again. [Chorus] Go thank your mother. If she'd left me alone, You'd never have heard these songs. Go thank your mother. I wasn't looking back, I was already moving on. Now I'm painted as the bad guy, But that's not where this began. If you're wondering why I write... Go thank your mother. [Verse 2] An email landed out of the blue, Saying there were worries about somebody new. Maybe it was concern, maybe something else But it pulled me right back where I'd already left. I wasn't jealous. I wasn't keeping score. I didn't want what we had anymore. My future wasn't there... It was already somewhere else. [Pre-Chorus] You can only push somebody So many times, Before they stop staying silent And finally speak their mind. [Chorus] Go thank your mother. If she'd left me alone, These words would've stayed unwritten. Go thank your mother. I wasn't chasing yesterday, I was building tomorrow. Music is how I speak, When no one hears my voice. If you're wondering why... Go thank your mother. [Bridge] You all live with one side of the story, While mine never gets through. I've spent days trying to explain, But before I can finish... I've already lost you. You don't have to agree with me. You don't even have to like these songs. Just know... I was living my life. She came looking for mine. These songs are the answer... Not where this story began. [Final Chorus] Go thank your mother. I was already gone. I was building my future, I was moving on. I wasn't looking for trouble, I wasn't searching for a fight. I was living my own life, Until she stepped back into mine. If she'd left me alone, These words would've stayed inside. No songs, no war, no questions, No reason left to divide. So if you're asking How we got here... Go thank your mother. [Outro] I'm not asking you to choose. I'm just asking... To be your dad.
