CHRIS LEARNED - SHPSH - MOTHER MARY ( ACOUSTIC ) ORIGINAL

This is a song that was written while out of state, taking care of my dying father.

The entire family had up and left him for dead, once the mule stopped being able to work...
Myself, with little to no communication with my father for the previous 5+ years due to his alcoholism, put my life on hold to go stay with him as his caretaker as he passed due to that alcoholism, and so he wouldn't die alone. It was a very enlightening experience. I learned alot about the man that gave me so much, yet so little. The man I had previously written out of my life.

At the end of the day, your father is your father, and you owe him your life. The least I could do was give him company and closure until his inevitable demise. The songs title is named after HIS mother, Mary - who just like everyone else, abandoned him and moved away when he got too sick to benefit her.

But enough rambling about the past. Here is my live acoustic rendition of "Mother Mary"