Movies Are Mother to Me - Loudon Wainwright III

The movies are a mother to me

There’s nothing like a movie

To move me back to sanity

When I’ve gone insane

A rainy Tuesday or a Saturday night

When I messes with me and then we start a fight

We both head for the flicks

Things come out alright

We both enjoy that show

When two brothers get bad and push each other around

A mother can say things straight

She can handle her boys

Mum can calm them down

She’s got that special trait

Sometimes I am my own enemy

Sometimes my own enemy it is me

Then, my enemy and me go see a good movie

We come out friends again

There’s nothing like the silver screen

To patch things up, to intervene

To bridge the gap that lies between

Loudon and himself