You are the mother Who turns in her sleep Over and over and over And the woman with the stiff collar can have even Your son and your son and your daughter The past is the past for a reason (Oh) I didn't give up your ghost for a reason (Oh) Now I can't sleep for a reason (Oh) The past is the past for a reason And I'm going to all the places that We used, we used to in my head And I'm lining to not change it up on How you're doing, how you're feeling Where you go in the dead of night The past is the past for a reason (Oh) I didn't give up your ghost for a reason (Oh) Now I can't sleep for a reason (Oh) The past is the past for a reason I'm lying in the road for a reason The past is the past for a reason