"More Than A Mother" lyrics

I was made to be a wife and a mother
A woman of beauty and grace
A thing you could own
A thing that he's owed
I remember how bad that tastes
I was bred to be kind and submissive
Like a gorgeous expensive dog
Like a thing that you'd train
Or a thing that you'd blame
It always rubbed me wrong

In another life
I expected
To have a husband who owned
My house and my children
And me right there with them
My body was his to be loaned

In that life
I remember
What it was like to want more
To be more than a mother
To him and my others
It was something all women endure

Oooooo
It feels so cruel
To think I'd be like you

I was modeled after my own mother
A woman who took control
Of everything my father let her
Isn't it funny how that goes?

They gave me a name like Rio
And expected that I'd fall in line
Like my namesake isn't a casino
Or a song from another time
In another life
I expected
To have a husband who owned
My house and my children
And me right there with them
My body was his to be loaned
In that life I remember
What it was like to want more
To be more than a mother
To him and my others
It was something that I'd just endure
Ooooo
It feels so cruel
To think I'd be like you

Oooooooooo
It feels so cruel
To think I'd end up like you