Mama Drank

[Verse 1]
Fifty hour week, no fun, no sleep, pulling that overtime
It's a delicate dance working like a man while you're keeping your apron tied
Don't seem fair, gotta color your hair, and you're barely thirty-six years old
Livin' for a sip, knowing what you're gonna get at the door when you get home

[Chorus]
Clean, clean, clean that kitchen
Wipe them babies' tears
Hearing your old man bitching
While the phone's screaming in your ear
Holding it together, hoping worse gets better and there's still money in the bank
Now I know why my mama drank

[Verse 2]
She'd hide behind her Maybelline smile
And Lord knows her nerves are shot
So when the kids went down and the lights went out
She'd pour a little turn-it-off
Now I'm on the back steps with my first cigarette and my third glass of cheap red wine
'Cause she taught me what a woman really needs to keep her warm at night, yeah

[Chorus]
'Cause it's clean, clean, clean that kitchen
Wipe them babies' tears
Hearing your old man bitching
While the phone's screaming in your ear
Holding it together, hoping worse gets better and there's still money in the bank
Now I know why my mama drank
Yes she did

[Chorus]
Clean, clean, clean that kitchen
Wipe them babies' tears
Hearing your old man bitching
While he's sucking down another beer
Yeah, you're holding it together, hoping worse gets better and there's still money in the bank
Yeah, I know why my mama drank
Yeah, I can see it now how a little shot of Crown could sure fill up her tank
Yeah, I know why my mama drank