Be Good To Your Parents

Be Good To Your Parents, 
Don't Do Things That Aren't Right.
These Words Are From A Woman, 
Who Hopes To Share Some Light.

So Here's A Little Story, 
For You To Think About
I Pray That When I'm Finished, 
You Will Know Without A Doubt.

If You Are On A Path, 
That Isn't Very Good
And To Them You Do Not Listen, 
When You Know You Should,

That When I'm At The End, 
I Hope That You Will See, 
That Being Good To Your Parents, 
Is The Way To Be.

When I Was Just A Child, 
I Wanted Things My Way.
I Ran Around On The Streets, 
All Throughout The Day.

I Never Listened To My Mom, 
Who Tried So Very Hard.
If She Gave An Inch, 
I Would Take A Yard.

I Wouldn't Go To School… 
I Played Hooky All The Time.
Then I Started Drinking 
And The Next Thing I Did Find,

I Was Living On My Own 
And I Didn't Have A Dime,
In A World So Cruel 
And Always So Unkind.

So I Started Working, 
A Job That Wasn't Cool,
At Thirteen I Was Dancing 
And Acting Such A Fool.

For I Could Not Write, 
Neither Could I Read.
I Now Had Children Of My Own, 
That I Had To Feed.

So, I Started Working, 
A Job That Was So Bad.
Everyday I Went To Work, 
But I Was Very Sad.

It Was Then That I Did See, 
I Had Missed So Much,
Like Footballs Games, The Prom, 
Dances, My Graduating And Such. 

But Most Of All I Had Missed, 
An Education Freely Given,
All Because My Mind Was Made Up, 
That I Wanted To Be Living,

Out There On My Own 
And Not Under My Mother's Rules.
All Because Of This, 
I Dropped Out Of School.

The Road Was So Hard 
And How I Missed A Lot.
Only Because Of Jesus, 
Can I Thank Him That I've Got,

A Relationship With Mom, 
I Now Hold Dearly To My Soul.
For She's Been The One, 
Who Does Truly Know,

Just What It Has Taken, 
Just How Hard It's Been,
For Us To Restore, 
Yes For Us To Mend,

Because For Many Years, 
Her Heart Was Broke In Two,
Over All The Things I'd Done, 
The Things I'd Put Her Through.

So, Be Good To Your Parents, 
No Don't Make Them Cry.
Can You See Within This Story, 
Can You See The Reason Why?

Yes, They May Have Rules, 
But They Know What's Best For You.
So, Be Good To Your Parents, 
And Do All That You Can Do,

To Make Your Life It's Best, 
Yes One That's Fun To Live.
Be Good To Your Parents 
And Give All That You Can Give!

Cathy Jo Moore
© 2002