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Once when our mother called
She had a voice of last year's cough*                                                                            * (toux)
We passed around the phone
Sharing a word about Oregon
When my turn came, I was ashamed
When my turn came, I was ashamed

Once when we moved away
She came to Romulus for a day
Her Chevrolet broke down*                                                                                            * (tomber en panne)
We prayed it'd never be fixed* or found                                                                                  * (réparer)
We touched her hair, we touched her hair
We touched her hair, we touched her hair

When she had her last child
Once when she had some boyfriends, some wild
She moved away quite far
Our grandpa bought us a new VCR*                                                                              * (magnétoscope)
We watched it all night, we grew up in spite of it
We watched it all night, we grew up in spite of it

We saw her once last fall*                                                                                               * (automne US)
Our grandpa died in a hospital gown*                                                                           * (robe)
She didn't seem to care
She smoked in her room and colored her hair
And I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed of her