MOTHER & DAUGHTER  (c) 1997 Monica E. Gómez



Verse 1:  Mother and daughter, smooth and rough water
like the fork of a stream, divided by earth at the moment of birth
they're one in the ocean of dreams.

Verse 2:  Green, blue and brown eyes, red, blonde or brunette
their mirrored features compare.  One's skin is thinning, the other's in bloom.
They tie back then let down our hair.

Refrain:  Girls turn to women. They're wild and they're wise.
You wonder where they got it till you see yourself in their eyes.

Verse 3:  Grandmother, mother, daughter, child --
nested vessels of clay -- filling with rain, sharing the pain,
they stand in the waves and play. 
Refrain

Bridge:  Storms rage at midnight. The child is breaking free.
Clouds pour their souls into a dark, heaving sea.

Verse 4:
  Mother and daughter, salt and fresh water
flowing side by side.  The moon on the left, the sea to the right
they laugh and cry with the tide.