Ask Your Mother

I had just turned thirteen

Chasin' them girls was new to me

I let that heart jump for the first time

But too scared to let it sink

And I was tryin' to find the answers

From any woman other than him

'Til I outran all those options

I had to ask my old man

How did you make it? What did you try?

What did you do when you made her cry?

And were you ever nervous and were you ever scared

To just let go and hold her hand?

'Cause I've been throwin' every idea out there

And I don't wanna mess this up

He just smiled and said

"Boy, if you wanna know what held us together

Ask your mother"

I never knew what he meant

'Til a little later after college years

I met that brown-eyed girl that stole my heart

I wanted forever with

Still didn't know all the answers

And those questions that he only knew

So when it got that time to get down on one knee

I had to ask her daddy too

How did you make it? What did you try?

What did you do when you made her cry?

And were you ever nervous and were you ever scared

To just let go and hold her hand?

'Cause I've been throwin' every idea out there

And I don't wanna mess this up

He just smiled and said

"Boy, if you wanna know what held us together

Ask her mother"

I understand it all so clear now

She's the only reason that they'd seen it through

And I can't wait for that day to come

When my boy has to ask me too

How did you make it? What did you try?

What did you do when you made her cry?

And were you ever nervous and were you ever scared

To just let go and hold her hand?

'Cause I've been throwin' every idea out there

And I don't wanna mess this up

I'll just smile and say

"Son, if you wanna know what held us together

'Cause I can't imagine doin' this life without her

Ask your mother"

Yeah, ask your mother