Letras de Missing My Son

I was in line at the supermarket the other day, and um, I had all my

Things on the little conveyor belt there, and um, there′s a gal in

Front of me that is, uh, well, she keeps staring at me, and I'm

Getting a little nervous, and uh, she continues to stare at me, and

I, um, I keep looking the other way, and then finally she comes over

Closer to me and she says, "I apologize for staring, I must have

Been annoying, but I, I, you look so much like my son who died

I just can′t take my eyes off you." And she proceeds to go into her

Purse and she pulls out a photograph of her son who died, and uh

He looks absolutely nothing like me, in fact he's Chinese. Uh
Anyway, we uh, we chat a little bit, and uh, she says, "I'm sorry
I have to ask you, would you mind, as I leave the supermarket here
Would you mind saying ′goodbye mom′ to me? I know it's a strange
Request, but I haven′t heard my son say 'goodbye mom′ to me in so
Long, it would mean so much to me to hear it. If you don't mind."
And I said, "Well, you know, okay, yeah, sure, uh, I can say that."
And so she, uh, gets her groceries all checked out, and as she′s
Going out the door she waves at me and she hollers across the store
"Goodbye son!" And I look up and I wave and I say, "Goodbye mom!"

And she goes. And uh, so I get my few things there on the conveyor
Belt, and the checker checks out my things, and uh, and he gives me
The total and he says, "That'll be four hundred and seventy-nine
Dollars." And I said, "How is that possible? I've only got a little
Tuna fish and some skim milk and mustard and a loaf of bread." He
Goes, "Well, you′re also paying for the groceries for your mother
She told me you′d take care of the bill for her." And I said
"Wait a minute, that's not my mother." And he said, "Well
I distinctly heard her say as she left the store, ′bye son,'
And you said, ′bye mom,' so what are you trying to say here?"

I said, "Well, Jesus!" And I looked out into the parking lot and
She was just getting into her car, and I ran out there, and she
Was just closing the door, and she had a little bit of her leg
Sticking out of the door as she was pulling away, and I grabbed
Her leg and I started pulling it, just the way I′m pulling yours