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In New Song, Lucy Dacus Asks What Mothers Pass On To Their Children

On "My Mother and I," The singer, who was adopted, takes a deeply affecting look at the relationships between mothers and their children.

"The stars have a lot to say about babies born in the month of May," Lucy Dacus sighs in "My Mother and I," the.

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