Advice For Young Mothers To Be - The Veils

She found the world embedded in the snow

It’s too bad the rest have made it all their own

There’s got to be a better way somehow but I don’t know

Wish I could find the words and heal my baby

She made a crib with blankets for the floor

Painted the bluest colour on the walls

I don’t want to know the time I don’t care about that at all

Nobody knows the way to heaven baby

No, this can’t go on

Your advice for young mothers to be

We’ll never find the words, darling believe me

So here it is your heart’s out in the cold

The friends who care still call you on the phone

The vicar said it’s wrong but hey what does he know

He said its wrong but that the Lord forgave me

Well I don’t want his pity and your scorn

Boy why you preaching no one’s listening anymore

That old live of yours sickens me

Directed I’m on an eternal call

No man alive has earned the right to save me

No, this can’t go on

Your advice for young mothers to be

We’ll never find the words, darling believe me

No, this can’t go on

Your advice for young mothers to be

We’ll never find the words, darling believe me

Now here I am, I’m pushing 24

I’ve got a house and a little terrace on the lawn

My baby’s grown and I’m as happy as a fawn

Now only the beauty of the world delays me

No, this can’t go on

Your advice for young mothers to be

We’ll never find the words, darling believe me

No, this crown of thorns

Your advice for young mothers to be

We’ll never find the words, darling believe me