Quitting Kind

(written and composed by Jess Wright)

Momma I’ve been feeling down these days
So I’m writing you a letter, but I won’t send it away
‘Cause I can’t bear to hear you cry
And there’s nothing you can try to fix if you don’t know that I’m up tonight I’ve just got to get it off my chest

Yeah I’ve been missing the old days
The sun was always out, even with clouds in the way
And I could tell you everything
Life was so simple... decisions were so clean
Before I turned 18

On the phone I told you I was fine
Could you tell that I was lying
You didn’t raise the quitting kind
You didn’t raise the quitting kind
I’m trying so hard to know the line
But I mess up all the time
Your words are all I seem to find
You didn’t raise the quitting kind

Momma I don’t know what I can say
It’s always something new and nothing seems to change
You’re always taking care of us
Now I’m taking care of you
Not showing you the worst of me

On the phone I told you I was fine
Could you tell that I was lying
You didn’t raise the quitting kind
You didn’t raise the quitting kind
I’m trying so hard to know the line
But I mess up all the time
Your words are all I seem to find
You didn’t raise the quitting kind

Momma things like this are hard to say
Don’t want to worry your mind with the things your love can’t change
So I’m writing it down
But not sending it away