Sugarless Tea

{intimate acoustic guitar

arpeggios} {slow, warm upright bass entry} {gentle swell of strings}

When I was a child

I lost my mother

(lost my mother)

And sometimes when I saw

people walking by With their mother,

I would think about

mine

{fragile, close-mic'd vocal} Because a life without your mother

Is like a cup of tea without sugar (so bitter,

yeah) Yes, it's like a cup of tea with no sugar {soaring

string arrangement rises}

To all you guys

who do not know yet

The importance of your mother

One day

you will cry

to see her face But it

will be too late

{snare drops

out, instrumentation softens} Because a life without your mother

Is like a cup of tea without sugar (no sugar) Yes,

it's like a cup of tea with no sugar {full climax with

strings

and drums} Don't let it be too late for you

Without your mother (ahhhh)

{acoustic guitar fades

out slowly}