Lorraine

The kitchen smells like orange peels Her stomach turns like a spinning wheel Put the baby down in her little seat You should rest now momma, you should eat It ain't right you been working all day And all us kids getting in your way So she goes to bed as soon as the kitchen's clean That don't mean a thing to you, but it does to me Well I don't know if this part is true How memories lie, sometimes they do But I can see her in our living room With a smile on her face as she?s dancing to Judy Garland, Carnegie Hall, Sunday April 23rd She said her cousin had a balcony seat That don't mean a thing to you, but it does to me Oh Lord, am I good enough Ausu4 When this world spins as hard as it does And we both know how it shakes some people up So how did you decide to give me so much love Well she never said a word to me About dying, about how she?d leave In all her pain she would never cry Me and my best friend Tina would ride our bikes From Lelland Road up Daily Drive We took a paper route one summer time Tina?s mom said I was part of the fami ly That don't mean a thing to you but it does to me Oh Lord, am I good enough When this world spins as hard as it does And we both know how it shakes some people up So how did you decide to give me so much love, love So much love, so much love Love, love, you give me so much love So much love No one?s had a bigger say In who I am today And I swear I've tried to be worthy of The name they gave me when I was young But I ain't that pretty, I ain't that brave My kids have seen me cry They should have given her name to my sister Ma rie That don't mean a thing to you That don't mean a thing to you But it does to me