Sunday Music: My Momma, She Loves Me (Happy Mother’s Day)

Oh, my mama loves me, she loves meShe get down on her knees and hug meLike she loves me like a… moo cow in a barn

-(not entirely) Paul Simon

You know those terrible jokes that make you and your brothers (re: siblings) laugh uncontrollably but don’t even make sense?

Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like A Rock” is a great song. But I will never hear it without thinking of my mom loving it and my brothers and I shouting “like a moo cow in a barn” over the lyrics.

And finding it WILDLY entertaining.

I don’t even know what it means. Probably that kids are terrible. But also, that she loves us like a rock, despite the pebble-brains we are.

Happy Mother’s Day everyone (and especially you Mom).

Here’s the song, as Paul (a far better son, clearly) intended: