We Are All Mothers

by The Deedle Deedle Dees

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words and music by Lloyd Miller (BMI)
(c)(p) 2017, 2018

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we are all mothers
we are part of one another
we are all the women
who’ve kept us alive

i am every teacher
every friend i told a secret
close your eyes now can you see her?
the one who changed your mind?

i’ve been far too long silent
i’ve spent too much time crying
but now i’m coming out
to sing this song

i was raised by two mothers
i might feel differently than others
my world was made by women
and really if there ever was a time

to sing a song for our mothers
for our grand and great-grandmothers
for our step, in-law, and others
everyone who kept you alive

i’ve been far too long silent
i’ve spent too much time crying
but now i’m coming out
to sing this song

this is for the one who went in labor
but also for the neighbors,
the family friends,
the distant kin…
everyone who kept you from dying

we are all mothers
we are part of one another
there is no us and then some others
we’re all the same tangled vine

we are nannies and babysitters
we are brothers cousins sisters
we are everyone who’s fed us
everyone who’s stopped our crying

we’ve been far too long silent
we’ve spent too much time crying
it’s time to come on out
and sing right along

we are all mothers
we are part of one another
we are not separate
we are a song

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released May 3, 2018

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The Deedle Deedle Dees Brooklyn, New York

If you hate hate, love reading, think that kids make up much better stuff than anything that’s on TV, wish textbooks told the really good stories, and believe that small everyday kindnesses are what can really fix our broken world, this is your band.

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