CATHERINE CARES (Pete Ham)
[from "7 Park Avenue" CD]

The things I said to her are on my mind

Things I said so selfishly, didn't mean a thing to me

But now I know that she was being kind

Didn't want me to be hurt,

No one there to change my shirt


CHORUS:

Catherine cares

Now I know she does, oh yes she does, oh yeah

Catherine cares

Yeah, I know that I was wrong

Catherine cares

Yeah, the only thing she wants is to have her baby home

Catherine & Pete Ham

No matter what I got, I just complained

She'd give her last to see me smile

Tried to keep me dressed in style

But I had this ambition in my brain

So I walked out and left her there

Without a thought, without a care


CHORUS


Each time that I come home she says the same

"C'mon home, you're getting thin

See the state your clothes are in"

She's my mom and Catherine's her name

Gives a pound to see me straight

Sits back in her chair to wait


CHORUS

(She wants her baby home)


Catherine cares

Now I know she does, yeah I know

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know she does, oh yeah

Catherine cares

Catherine cares

I know that I was selfish to you, selfish to you, my mom

Catherine cares

Please forgive me

Catherine cares...

lyrics transcribed by Dan Matovina