Before your name was spoken out loud Papa was building pyramids that drank from the clouds You were just a vision that she kept to herself She talked of you to no one else In your mother's eyes You're still a child in your mothers eyes You know you can be good again, you know there's still time In your mother's eyes Mmm, woo, mmm Now you've grown older, you walk on hollowed ground Pardon the demons and you share your bed with doubt Making deals with the mirrors, keeping so much inside Some get out, but most will hidе In your mother's eyes You'rе still a child in your mothers eyes You know you can be good again, you know there's still time In your mother's eyes Mmm, woo, mmm Day by day you are driftin' away But your heartstrings pull you back Star by star, think you've travelled so far But you're going in circles on the track In your mother's eyes You're still a child in your mothers eyes You know you can be good again, you know there's still time In your mother's eyes You're still a child in your mothers eyes You know you can be good again, you know there's still time In your mother's eyes Mmm, woo, mmm